Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances

by Andrea Lee Smith

In Native Americans and the Christian Right, Andrea Smith advances social movement theory beyond simplistic understandings of social-justice activism as either right-wing or left-wing and urges a more open-minded approach to the role of religion in social movements. In examining the interplay of biblical scripture, gender, and nationalism in Christian Right and Native American activism, Smith rethinks the nature of political strategy and alliance-building...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822341638
• ISBN13: 9780822341635
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"