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One Nation Under God

One Nation Under God

The Triumph of the Native American Church

by Huston SmithReuben Snake and Daniel K Inouye
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/10/1995

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This book celebrates the endurance of the Native American Church, which now has some 80 chapters throughout the country. Prayer meetings, the sacramental use of peyote, and the significance of various practices and objects are described. Eloquent testimony of Church members from different tribes demonstrates that peyote is not used to obtain "visions" but to heal the body and spirit and to teach righteousness. The authors describe the legal battle to overturn the Supreme Court's Smith decision of 1990, which cited peyote use to deny the Native American Church the First Amendment right to "the free exercise of religion". The American Indian Religious Freedom ActAmendments, passed by Congress in 1994, providing an exemption allowing the use of peyote by the Native American Church, was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1997.
ISBN:
9780940666719
9780940666719
Category:
Tribal religions
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-10-1995
Publisher:
Clear Light Publishers
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
176
Dimensions (mm):
230x155x18mm
Weight:
0.25kg

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