A CLASH OF CULTURES

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A CLASH OF CULTURES

• THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW

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WE BEGIN OUR EXPLORATION WITH PROPOSED THEMES

• THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN MINDSET
• ETHNOCENTRIC PARADIGMS
• IMPERIALISM
• GARDEN OF EDEN PARADISE MYTH

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DICHTOMIES

• EUORCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE
• HUMANITY AND GOD
• A GREAT FALL
• EXPULSION FROM PARADISE
• MAN, NATURE, AND THE UNIVERSE IS FALLEN,
  CORRUPTSEPARATION FROM GOD
• ONLY A REDEEMER CAN SYNTHESIZE THE CORRUPTION

• NATIVE AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE
• NO FALL
• PARADISE IS ALL AROUND
• GOD AND NATURE (GREAT SPIRIT) ARE ONE
• NO SEPARATION FROM NATURE
• NO CONCEPT OF A REDEEMER
• NOTHING TO BE REDEEMED FROM