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Work #1340 · Mid

God Is Red

Vine Deloria Jr.
1973 (1st ed.), 1992 (2nd ed.), 2003 (3rd ed.) · English
Comparative philosophy of religion · Indigenous philosophy / Native American religious thought

Deloria's 1973 comparative philosophy of religion

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Attribute God Is Red (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Relational
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Non-Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Bi-directional
Space · Extent Finite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Active
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Impersonal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Reversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

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Time

God Is Red

1973.

Space

God Is Red

Native American setting.

Matter

God Is Red

Native and Christian-Western religious traditions.

Observer

God Is Red

Deloria as Native American philosopher.

Energy

God Is Red

Religious-philosophical-comparative energies.

Information

God Is Red

Comparative content.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

God Is Red

God Is Red has remained foundational Native American religious-philosophical work.