Framework for Understanding Structural Racism: The Cult of Purity

There is hardly any disagreement in calling racism evil, but how can we express this theologically when racism reaches beyond personal, individual acts to a pre-existing, all- encompassing system? In Catholic theology, language of sin does not relate to the reality of systematic racism. Th is essay...

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Main Author: Cohen, Rebecca Richman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2020
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 55, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-62
IxTheo Classification:FD Contextual theology
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B INSTITUTIONAL racism
B structure of sin
B social sin
B RITES & ceremonies
B Purity
B Sin
B CATHOLIC Church doctrines
B Racism
B ritual purity
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