Dr. John W. Friesen's latest book synthesizes Aboriginal theology with the tenets of Christianity in a systematic way, and this has long been a challenge and struggle for the First Peoples of this continent. This book is therefore timely and long overdue. Professor Friesen is uni...
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"Now it is time, during the decades that we were connected to the University of Calgary we had many opportunities to work in surrounding Indigenous communities. Those opportunities resulted in lifelong friendships. We were often honoured by invitations to teach university classes...
Groups documented in this book came to this country for several reasons that can best be delineated as both push and pull factors. For many groups the push factor meant getting away from limited economic opportunity, crowded populations, and/or religious persecution. The pull fac...
Five high school students-- a Rebel, an Athlete, a Brain, a Princess and a Basketcase-- find themselves thrown together serving a Saturday morning detention. They do not have much in common, except giving up their day, sitting in the school library, and writing an essay for the p...
Aboriginal legends are pictures in word-form of Aboriginal life, showing life from their point of view. Legends deal with religion, the origins of things, and acts of bravery performed by stout-hearted warriors. They convey a vast range of cultural knowledge including folkways, v...