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Review — Olga M. Segura, Birth Of A Movement: Black Lives Matter And The Catholic Church, Laryssa D. Herrington

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Sunset, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Letter from the Editor

Cover, Title Page, Table Of Contents, Administrative Information, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Listing of BCTS annual meetings from 1978 to 2022

Review — Patrick Saint-Jean, The Crucible Of Racism: Ignatian Spirituality And The Power Of Hope, Alex Mikulich

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — Lisa Allen, A Womanist Theology Of Worship: Liturgy, Justice, And Communal Righteousness, Kim R. Harris

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — Edward K. Braxton, The Church And The Racial Divide: Reflections Of An African American Bishop, Craig A. Ford Jr.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Welcome: Notes On The Church As A Community Of Reception, Joseph S. Flipper

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The Second Vatican Council affirmed the retrieval of communion ecclesiology and the significance of the local church. Correlating with its communion ecclesiology, questions arose concerning the reception of conciliar teaching. According to Yves Congar, in accordance with the essential conciliarity of the church, reception is a creative process of discernment and assimilation. Black Catholics following the council similarly developed a theology of the local church and a theology of reception. I argue that US Black Catholic theologians and pastors described reception as welcome of the Word of God and hospitality toward those who bear the Word.

Letter From The Editor: Hope, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information

The Demands Of Encounter In A Globalized Community Of Scholars: Shedding Light On The Place Of Trust In The Ritual Of Knowledge Creation, Simonmary A. Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

As institutions of learning become more diverse in their members and their curricula offerings, it has become necessary to articulate the demands of encounter. A distinction must be made between meeting and encounter. The former refers to a choreographed proximity of bodies. The latter refers to the totality of what it means to be human – a being intricately linked to other beings through life-giving webs of relationships. Therefore, transformative education must be grounded in the ritual of encounters because such a ritual allows for the possibility for new discourses that lead to knowledge creation. Such discourses allow for a …

Responding To The Call: A Conversation With Sr. Jamie Phelps, O.P., Ph.D., Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Cecilia Moore, Steve Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This interview is part of the Black Catholic Oral History Project.

Sr. Jamie Phelps, O.P., Ph. D., is one of the most significant shapers of and contributors to Black Catholic Theology. A charter member of two seminal organizations for the field, The Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS) and the Black Catholic Theological Symposium (BCTS), her tenacity and passion helped pave the way for Black Catholic studies.

At the IBCS, she served as Director and as Katherine Drexel Professor of Systematic Theology for eight years. After the first two meetings of the BCTS in 1978 and 1980, the organization became …

Review — Simonmary Asese A. Aihiokhai, Fostering Interreligious Encounters In Pluralist Societies: Hospitality And Friendship, Anna Kasafi Perkins

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — Vincent W. Lloyd, Black Natural Law, Cary W. Dabney

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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The Almost Forgotten History Of Claver College, Katrina M. Sanders

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This essay examines Claver College, an African American Catholic College located in Guthrie, Oklahoma, from 1936-1942. The author argues that while there is still much that is unknown about the short-lived college, the institution provided an opportunity for African Americans west of the Mississippi River to access higher education and served as an entre for the Catholic Church into an African American community.

Review — Howard Thurman, Sermons On The Parables, David B. Gowler And Kipton E. Jensen, Eds., C. Vanessa White

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — Teresia Mbari Hinga, African, Christian, Feminist: The Enduring Search For What Matters, Simonmary A. Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Listing of BCTS annual meetings from 1978 to 2021

Review — Nyasha Junior, Reimagining Hagar: Blackness And Bible, Kim R. Harris

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — Vincent W. Lloyd, Religion Of The Field Negro: On Black Secularism And Black Theology, Paul Green

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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In Memory Of Sister Pat Haley, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Eyes Focused On The Light, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Letter from the Editor

Cover, Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information

In Memory Of Father Kenneth E. Taylor – “Kt,” 1951-2018, Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Let’S Be Friends: Black Theology, Climate Change, And Trust, Nathaniel Holmes Jr.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Climate change is a worldwide issue with ramifications for all ethnic groups. Yet, there is a dearth of engagement of climate change issues by Black theology and Black churches, even though the effects of climate change are predicted to affect African Americans and other racial minorities to a greater extent than other groups. Given the history of mistrust of the uses of scientific research and practices that have themselves caused negative impacts within the African American communities (e.g., Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment), this disconnect is not surprising. Furthermore, some view the attention given to anything other than criminal justice reform, police …

Full, Conscious And Active Participation: Sunday Eucharist, Black Life And Theological Considerations, Kathleen Dorsey Bellow

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The renewal of Catholic worship implemented through Vatican Council II instruction was designed to encourage the people of God towards “full, conscious and active participation” in liturgical celebrations. Their holistic engagement in liturgy is considered the best and most effective formation for the Christian life. This work presents Black Catholic theological reflections that connect “full, conscious and active participation” in Sunday Eucharist with the faithful’s weekday commitment to community-building that affirms Black life.

“Making A Way Out Of No Way”: The Oblate Sisters Of Providence Pursue Higher Education Under Jim Crow, Diane Batts Morrow

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Organized in the slave-holding city of Baltimore, Maryland in 1828, the Oblate Sisters of Providence dedicated themselves as “a Religious society of Coloured Women . . . [who] renounce the world to consecrate themselves to God, and to the Christian education of young girls of color.” Early in the sisterhood’s existence Oblate co-foundress Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange had explicitly articulated their consciousness of their exceptionalism as “persons of color and religious at the same time” who nevertheless sought “the respect which is due to the state we have embraced and the holy habit which we have the honor to wear” …

Review — Darren W. Davis And Donald B. Pope-Davis, Perseverance In The Parish? Religious Attitudes From A Black Catholic Perspective, Kimberly M. Lymore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — James H. Cone, Said I Wasn’T Gonna Tell Nobody, Addie L. Walker S.S.N.D.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Cultural Colonization And Young Adult Liturgical Experience, Timone Davis

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

As Catholic churches around the United States close and those that remain open take note of their aging parishioners, young adults are seen as the answer. But how do we engage young adults in the ancient worship of the Catholic Church, when the United States culture directs them to what is shiny and new? When many consider how to engage young adults, they typically start with the Eucharistic Liturgy. This article looks at what the U. S. Catholic bishops have described as the cultural colonization of the Eucharistic Liturgy and the role the U. S. culture plays in our society …