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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. What is Racism?
An Explanation of Terms
Prelude and Context: The Election of an African American President
The Browning of America and Racial Resistance
Racism and Culture
To what End? The Justification of White Privilege
Conclusion
2. An Analysis of Catholic Social Teaching on Racism
Prologue: A Context for this Discussion
Discrimination and the Christian Conscience (1958)
The National Race Crisis (1968)
Brothers and Sisters to us (1979)
Analysis of Recent Statements by Individual Bishops
Critical Observations Concerning Catholic Social Teaching on Racism
A Concluding Black Catholic Reflection: “Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child”
3. Toward a More Adequate Catholic Engagement
The Challenge of Racial Reconciliation
Other Resources in the Faith Tradition
Compassion and Intentional Cross-Racial Solidarity
Church Practices that Facilitate Racial Solidarity
Concluding Reflection: A Confession of Faith
4. “A Dream Deferred”
Meditations on African American Understandings of Justice and Hope
The Fundamental Principle or Norm: Universal Inclusion
The Unstated Vision: The “Welcome Table” and the “Beloved Community”
Theoretical Implications of this Vision
The Importance of Hope in the Pursuit of Justice
5. The Vocation of the Black Catholic Theologian and the Struggle of the Black Catholic Community
Speaking Truth to—and from—Two Traditions
The Vocation of the Black Scholar
The Vocation of the Catholic Theologian
The Vocation of the Black Catholic Theologian
The Challenges of the Black Catholic Theological Vocation
The Struggles of being a Black Catholic Theologian
The Joys of being a Black Catholic Theologian
The Significance of the Black Catholic Theological Vocation
Epilogue
Notes
Resources for Further Reflection and Understanding
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