“I Belong! And I’m Here to Stay!” u.s. Black Catholics’ Faith and Faithfulness
This study attends closely to the faith and experiences of black Catholics. Two major themes emerged from semi-structured interviews with fifteen black Catholics in a midwestern u.s. city: First, participants experience the Catholic church simultaneously as both a loving home and a significant sourc...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2015
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Ecclesial practices
Year: 2015, Volume: 2, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-197 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
u.s. racism
Catholic
black
theological method
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| Summary: | This study attends closely to the faith and experiences of black Catholics. Two major themes emerged from semi-structured interviews with fifteen black Catholics in a midwestern u.s. city: First, participants experience the Catholic church simultaneously as both a loving home and a significant source of suffering because of racism. Second, participants engage in forgiveness of racism, which involves working for racial transformation of church and society. The analysis suggests a need for corporate conversion in that racism remains a major and pernicious barrier to the u.s. Catholic church’s ability to serve as a sacrament of God’s love. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 2214-4471 |
| Contains: | In: Ecclesial practices
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00202006 |