Subversive habits: Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle

Introduction: America's forgotten Black freedom fighters -- "Our sole wish is to do the will of God" : the early struggles of Black Catholic sisters in the United States -- "Nothing is too good for the youth of our race" : the fight for Black administered Catholic education...

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Main Author: Williams, Shannen Dee (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Durham Duke University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Reviews:[Rezension von: Williams, Shannen Dee, Subversive habits : Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle] (2024) (Jacobson, Danae)
[Rezension von: Williams, Shannen Dee, Subversive habits : Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle] (2024) (Christie-Searles, Chrysostom)
[Rezension von: Williams, Shannen Dee, Subversive habits : Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle] (2022) (Thompson, Margaret Susan)
[Rezension von: Williams, Shannen Dee, Subversive habits : Black Catholic nuns in the long African American freedom struggle] (2022) (Tentler, Leslie)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Catholic church / Women, Black / Nun
B USA / The Americas / Blacks / Catholic church / Nun / Racial discrimination / Freiheitskämpferin
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
CH Christianity and Society
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
B Segregation Religious aspects Catholic Church History 20th century
B African American nuns History 20th century
B Catholic / RELIGION / Christianity
B African American Catholics History 20th century
B Women in the Catholic Church (United States) History 20th century
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Summary:Introduction: America's forgotten Black freedom fighters -- "Our sole wish is to do the will of God" : the early struggles of Black Catholic sisters in the United States -- "Nothing is too good for the youth of our race" : the fight for Black administered Catholic education during Jim Crow -- "Is the order Catholic enough?" : the struggle to desegregate white sisterhoods after World War II -- "I was fired up to go to Selma!" : Black sisters, the Second Vatican Council, and the fight for civil rights -- "Liberation is our first priority" : Black nuns and Black power -- "No schools, no churches!" : the fight to save Black Catholic education in the 1970s -- "The future of the Black nun is dubious" : Black sisters in the age of church decline -- Conclusion: "The Catholic Church wouldn't be Catholic if it wasn't for us".
"In this groundbreaking study, Shannen Dee Williams offers the first full historical treatment of Black Catholic sisters in the United States. Drawing upon a host of untapped sources, including previously sealed church records and oral histories, Subversive Habits recovers Black sisters' lives and labors as pioneering Black religious leaders, educators, healthcare professionals, desegregation foot soldiers, Black power activists, and womanist theologians. This book also turns attention to female religious life in the Roman Catholic Church as a stronghold of white supremacy and racial segregation-and in turn an important battleground of the long African American freedom struggle"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1478018208