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