Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

by Kaitlin B. Curtice

Publisher:

Brazos Press

, 2023

Overview

In an era in which “resistance” has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin B. Curtice reclaims it as a basic human calling. Resistance is for every human who longs to see their neighbors’ holistic flourishing. We each have a role to play in the world right where we are, and our everyday acts of resistance hold us all together.

Curtice shows that we can learn to practice embodied ways of belonging and connection to ourselves and one another through everyday practices, such as getting more in touch with our bodies, resting, and remembering our ancestors. She explores four “realms of resistance"--the personal, the communal, the ancestral, and the integral--and shows how these realms overlap and why all are needed for our liberation. Readers will be empowered to seek wholeness in the various spheres of influence they inhabit. Now in paperback.

“Readers will find abundant wisdom in this accessible guide."--Publishers Weekly

From the Back Cover

”A timely and timeless call to live resistance every day"

Foreword INDIES 2023 Finalist for Religion

In an era in which “resistance” has become tokenized, Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice reclaims it as a basic human calling. We each have a role to play in the world right where we are, and our everyday acts of resistance hold us all together.

”In a moment in which ‘resistance’ is a hashtag and ‘wholeness’ is an industry, Living Resistance is a lifeline reconnecting us with our human calling. Curtice beautifully honors the ancient and eternal promise of liberation as not only our sacred birthright but our marching orders."
--Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed; founder of Together Rising

"Curtice fiercely yet gently calls us home to care about our souls and our bodies, about each other and Mother Earth. It’s a timely and timeless call to live resistance every day as we build the world we want, together."
--Rev. Dr. Jacqui J. Lewis, senior minister, Middle Church; author of Fierce Love

"Living Resistance forges a path to a more whole now and a more whole tomorrow."
--Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, author of On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World

"Curtice lays out a compassionate call to action for all of us to return to the source, to the root, to that which is love. Curtice writes poetically and sets out a clear and beautiful path that feels accessible to all. This book is a bold, reimagined way for us to stand courageously in our truth."
--Joél Leon, poet, author, storyteller

"For those who have been hearing the call for a more equitable, compassionate, and humane world, Living Resistance is the road map we have been looking for. It reminds us of the fire we hold in our bellies and the spark we carry in our souls. I am so grateful that this book exists; it’s a must-read for all."
--Asha Frost, Indigenous Medicine Woman; bestselling author of You Are the Medicine

Contents

Contents

Introduction
Part 1: The Personal Realm
1. What Is Resistance?
2. Art as Resistance
3. Presence as Resistance
4. Embodiment as Resistance
5. Radical Self-Love as Resistance
Part 2: The Communal Realm
6. Childcare as Resistance
7. Ethical Practices as Resistance
8. Solidarity Work as Resistance
9. Protecting the Land as Resistance
10. Kinship as Resistance
Part 3: The Ancestral Realm
11. Decolonizing as Resistance
12. Generosity as Resistance
13. Intergenerational Healing as Resistance
14. Liminality as Resistance
15. Facing History as Resistance
Part 4: The Integral Realm
16. Integration as Resistance
17. Interspiritual Relationship as Resistance
18. Prayer as Resistance
19. Dreaming as Resistance
20. Lifelong Resistance

Product Details

• Title: Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
• Author: Kaitlin B. Curtice
• Publisher: Brazos Press
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781493440320, 9781587435713, 1587435713, 1493440322
• Resource ID: LLS:9781493440320
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-13T16:35:46Z

About Kaitlin B. Curtice

Kaitlin B. Curtice is a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation as well as a Christian, public speaker, and poet. She travels around the country speaking on faith and justice within the church as it relates to Indigenous peoples and has been a featured speaker at Why Christian, Evolving Faith, Wild Goose Festival, The Festival of Faith & Writing, The Revolutionary Love Conference, and more. Curtice is a monthly columnist for Sojourners, has contributed to On Being and Religion News Service, and has been featured on CBS and in USA Today and the New Yorker for her work on having difficult conversations within the church about colonization. She is the author of Glory Happening: Finding the Divine in Everyday Places and writes on her blog at www.kaitlincurtice.com.