Uncommon Faithfulness

by Copeland, M. Shawn

• ISBN13: 9781570758195
• ISBN10: 1570758190
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-31
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

An engaging study of black catholics, their contributions to the Catholic church, and the challenges they face. These essays describe the experience of black Catholics in this country since their arrival in North america in the sixteenth century ujtil the present day. The essays highlight the difficulties black Catholics faced in their early attempts to join churches and enter religious communities, their participation in the civil rights struggle, and the challenges they face today as they seek full inclusion in the church, whether in terms of liturgical practice or pastoral ministry.

Author Biography

M. Shawn Copeland, a former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, is a professor of theology at Boston College. LaReine-Marie Mosely, S.N.D., is an assistant professor of religious studies at Loyola University Chicago. Albert J. Raboteau is the Henry Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
History
Relating Race and Religion Four Historical Models	p. 9
The Difficulty of Our Situation The Oblate Sisters of Providence in Antebellum Society	p. 26
Henriette Delille Servant of Slaves, Witness to the Poor	p. 47
Dealing with Desegregation Black and White Responses to the Desegregation of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, 1953	p. 63
Black Catholic Clergy and the Struggle for Civil Rights Winds of Change	p. 78
Theological and Ethical Reflection
Theology at the Crossroads A Meditation on the Blues	p. 97
Daniel A. Rudd and His American Catholic Tribune Faithful and Prophetic in Passing on the Tradition	p. 108
Communion Ecclesiology Implications for Ecclesial and Social Transformation in the Black Catholic Community	p. 115
Faith of Our Mothers Catholic Womanist God-Talk	p. 129
HIV/AIDS and the Bodies of Black Peoples The Spirituals and Resurrection Faith	p. 147
Pastoral Concerns
Uncommon Faithfulness The Witness of African American Catholics	p. 169
African American Sacred Music in Catholic Worship Core of African American Survival in America	p. 181
African Catholics in the United States Gifts and Challenges	p. 195
Pan-Africanism An Emerging Context for Understanding the Black Catholic Experience	p. 205
Contributors	p. 223
Index	p. 225
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