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We Survived the End of the World
Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope
We Survived the End of the World: Lessons from Native America on Apocalypse and Hope
By Steven Charleston
Broadleaf Books
For those who, like me, live with the constant underlying fear of a climate apocalypse, Steven Charleston offers wisdom and a measure of hope. An Episcopal bishop and Choctaw elder, Charleston is widely known for the daily spiritual reflections he posts on Facebook, which resulted in his books Spirit Wheel and Ladder to the Light. In his latest book, Charleston speaks directly to readers experiencing climate despair. With the depth of a scholar and in the voice of a pastor, he presents the stories of four Native Americans who survived a level of environmental destruction and forced displacement that was nothing less than apocalyptic in scope. These forebears, who drew on spiritual traditions as they “sang and danced their way through the apocalypse, physically moving from one reality to the next,” are more than exemplars. They are revelations—which, Charleston reminds us, is another meaning of apocalypse.
Lessons for Survival
Mothering Against “the Apocalypse”
Lessons for Survival: Mothering against “the Apocalypse”
By Emily Raboteau
Henry Holt
