This year the ELCA’s Truth and Healing Movement introduces the Truth and Healing Movement Reading Circle. Your congregation may already have a book club or book study group. The Truth and Healing Movement Reading Circle is the same thing, but it offers an opportunity for members to read and discuss a book written by an Indigenous author, scholar, leader, theologian, etc. This year the reading circle will be studying Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto by Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux).
Can you imagine ELCA communities across the church joining together to read the same book by and about Indigenous people? Get your group together, get your book and get reading! Order books here.
In November the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium will focus on Custer Died for Your Sins, with presenters sharing their take on Deloria’s book. This is sure to be a good discussion.
If you are the leader of your reading circle, here is a gift for you! Use this discussion guide to lead your circle through Custer Died for Your Sins. Take your time reading and discussing the book, but start your reading now!
