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Summary:

"This book is an invitation to respond to the prophetic call, stemming from baptism, to promote the dignity of all people based on the belief that each person is created in the image of God, particularly those who suffer racial injustice"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: our Church's call to racial justice. Introduction: a baptismal call to prophetic witness
• The heresy of racism and the imago Dei
• Racism: the antithesis of the catholicity of the Church
• Part 2: racism and a divided church. A house of divided bishops cannot stand against racism
• Empty words and empty promises
• Restoring and rebuilding the divided house
• The U.S. church in the third millennium
• A coalition of clergy and laity against social justice
• Part 3: evasion and admission of the sin of racism. The anti-social justice bogeymen
• Black lives are being aborted-and not just in the womb
• bridging the divide: a call to unity.

Author/Creator:

Kappadakunnel, Mathew , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Catholic church and the struggle for racial justice: a prophetic call [by Kappadakunnel, M.]

Other Related Resources:

Online version: Catholic church and the struggle for racial justice [by Kappadakunnel, M.] (New York ; Mahwah : Paulist Press, [2024] — ISBN 9780809188093; LCCN 2023030626)

Subjects:

Race relations — Catholic Church

Racism — Religious aspects — Catholic Church

Social justice — Religious aspects — Catholic Church

United States — Race relations

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

BX1795.R33 K36 2024eb

ISBNs:

9780809188093 (electronic bk.)
0809188090 (electronic bk.)
9780809156481 [Invalid]
0809156482 [Invalid]

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31900824 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp307668072