Brand New Book. ; Christianity figured prominently in the imperial and colonial exploitation and disposession of indigenous peoples worldwide, yet many indigenous people embrace Christian faith as part of their cultural and ethnic identities. A Chosen People, a Promised Land gets to the heart of this contradiction by exploring how Native Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saits understand and negotiate their place in this quintessentially American religions. ; 5.5" x 8.5"; 232 pages