Michael Kirby: The Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement

05/19/2013 2:00 pm

The Bad Coffee Lecture Series

(a periodic display of intelligence at Fireside Books)

Presents

The Ecuadorian Indigenous Movement:

Its origins and coincidence with Liberation Theology

for social transformation

a talk by

Michael Kirby

     
Proposal

  • To establish a correlation between Ecuadorian Indigenous spiritual
    traditions and that of Jesuit Liberation Theology as an informed
    methodology for change within the Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic.
  • To disarm the adversarial relationship that exists between Arctic
    Indigenous spiritual traditions and Christianity, by informing
    Christianity of the historical validity of those traditions in order to
    develop a mutually complimentary spiritual composition of progress and
    sustainability as joint stewards of the land for future generations.
  • To reframe the dialogue in the Arctic over
    resource development through a comprehensive reassessment of values and
    needs based on the fundamental consistencies found within both Native
    and Christian spiritual traditions.
  • To demonstrate through this research that
    positive, lasting change is possible in our relationship with one
    another and the earth, regardless of history, preexisting protocols, or
    established cultural biases.  

 

Michael Kirby is a Christian theologian
who has lived in Alaska since 1998.  He is currently a graduate student at
UAA, majoring in Environment and Society / International Studies, with a
minor in Alaska Native Studies.  He is the founder and president of
InnerRiver Inc. (an inter-faith organization); the past director of
Alaska Native YoungLife, and a research policy analyst at the Institute
of the North.

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Alaska Weather Calendar 2013 (21st Anniversary Edition)

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Dragon's Oath (Hardcover)

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