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University of Dayton

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2017

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Letter From The Editor: What Happened Last November?, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton Dec 2017

Letter From The Editor: What Happened Last November?, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

2017 has been a very difficult year. The whole world changed on November 8, 2016. We woke the next morning to find that Donald Trump had secured the presidency. Many of us watched the news in stunned disbelief. After a campaign built on division, disrespect, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and elitism, our fears had been realized. Most of us probably never imagined that it could happen. But it did.

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Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium Dec 2017

Cover And Front Matter, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Cover, table of contents, administrative information, Volume 10 (2017)

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Achtus/Bcts Joint Statement: Racist Hate Crimes In The United States, Black Catholic Theological Symposium, Academy Of Catholic Hispanic Theologians Of The United States Dec 2017

Achtus/Bcts Joint Statement: Racist Hate Crimes In The United States, Black Catholic Theological Symposium, Academy Of Catholic Hispanic Theologians Of The United States

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In the wake of the horrific events of Charlottesville Va. on August 11-12, 2017, and the deeply troubling displays of hate speech, neo-Nazi and white supremacist ideologies, the recent pardoning of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the battle over the “sanctuary cities” law in Texas, the leadership of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) and the Black Catholic Theological Symposium (BCTS) stand in solidarity as one body, with one voice to condemn the systemic violence, racism and legitimized hatred that diminish the integrity of the United States of America. We call for a united …

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Strengthening Black‐Brown Solidarity: Latino/A Race, Unauthorized Blacks, And The Roots Of Anti‐Brown Violence, Jeremy V. Cruz Dec 2017

Strengthening Black‐Brown Solidarity: Latino/A Race, Unauthorized Blacks, And The Roots Of Anti‐Brown Violence, Jeremy V. Cruz

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This essay analyzes intersecting experiences of racism and U.S. state violence, black-brown tensions, and future possibilities for anti-racist solidarity. Its race analysis and moral evaluation proceed from a Chicano perspective and through the theoretical lens of transnationalism, thinking about anti-black racism as a global imperial project. The author argues that sustained analysis of Latino/a racialization (and racism), of the precariousness of black citizenship, and of the genesis of anti-brown racist practices within and alongside antiblackness can all function to strengthen black-brown solidarity.

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Grounded In Mercy: Embracing A Practical Theological Response To The Reality Of Hiv/Aids Sero‐Discordancy, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai Dec 2017

Grounded In Mercy: Embracing A Practical Theological Response To The Reality Of Hiv/Aids Sero‐Discordancy, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The crises of HIV/AIDS infections and deaths in sub-Saharan Africa call for pragmatic solutions that are grounded in a broader vision of God’s mercy. While the church has and continues to be the major non-governmental provider of assistance to those communities and persons battling with HIV/AIDS infections, a critical and holistic review of its stance on rejecting any usefulness of condoms as prophylactics for preventing HIV infections. This approach is most urgent today as Africans continue to experience high rates of HIV infection among monogamous married couples who are sero-discordant.

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Memorial For Father Charles E. Payne, O.F.M., Ph.D., Cecilia Moore Dec 2017

Memorial For Father Charles E. Payne, O.F.M., Ph.D., Cecilia Moore

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The members to the Black Catholic Theological Symposium give thanks for the remarkable life and ministry of our brother, Father Charles E. Payne, O.F.M., Ph.D.

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"Justice And Mercy": The Question Of Discordancy, The Development Of Doctrine And African Catholicism, John Segun Odeyemi Dec 2017

"Justice And Mercy": The Question Of Discordancy, The Development Of Doctrine And African Catholicism, John Segun Odeyemi

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The call for Justice and Mercy in the teachings of Pope Francis raises critical questions across theological and secular contexts. In the light of the Pontiff’s call for a Jubilee year of Mercy, in Evangelii Gaudium, and references in his teachings to these themes, I intend to investigate the theological meaning of Justice and Mercy and to reconcile these with what Pope Francis means. Then proffer as a concrete example, discordancy in Africa as an opportunity for a doctrinal and magisterial definition on the use of condoms as prophylactics to show a Church that acts mercifully and does justice.

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Beyond "Authentically Black And Truly Catholic": Black Catholic Identity For A New Time, Bryan M. Massingale Dec 2017

Beyond "Authentically Black And Truly Catholic": Black Catholic Identity For A New Time, Bryan M. Massingale

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

This essay examines the genesis and implications of the oft-cited phrase, "authentically black and truly Catholic." Tracing its origins as descriptive of the aspirations of Black Catholics in the United States following the Second Vatican Council, the author relates both the contributions and the significant limitations of this ecclesial project. He concludes by offering a new phrasing that he argues is more adequate to the current aspirations and needs of the Black Catholic faith community, namely, "radically Black and authentically Catholic."

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Black And Brown Pauls: A Pauline Case Of Racial Profiling; A Hermeneutical Reading Of Acts 21:27‐40a And 22:23‐29 And The Reality Of The African American And Hispanic Communities In The United States, Dempsey Rosales Acosta Dec 2017

Black And Brown Pauls: A Pauline Case Of Racial Profiling; A Hermeneutical Reading Of Acts 21:27‐40a And 22:23‐29 And The Reality Of The African American And Hispanic Communities In The United States, Dempsey Rosales Acosta

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The present study analyzes the socio-historical context and setting narrated in the canonical episode of Paul’s arrest and his treatment in Jerusalem according to the narrative of Acts 21:27-40a and 22:23-29. The pericopes become the fundamental platform through which it is possible to present both a hermeneutical and theological interpretation of the liabilities and ultimate consequences of racial profiling, especially when it is exercised by the civil authorities, an institutionalized power, or a general culture. The diachronic and synchronic exegetical analysis of the pericopes are combined with the methodological approaches of cognitive semantics and the practical theology that lead to …

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Review — Walter Earl Fluker, The Ground Has Shifted: The Future Of The Black Church In Post‐Racial America, Addie L. Walker S.S.N.D. Dec 2017

Review — Walter Earl Fluker, The Ground Has Shifted: The Future Of The Black Church In Post‐Racial America, Addie L. Walker S.S.N.D.

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Review — Cyril Orji, A Semiotic Approach To The Theology Of Inculturation, Modeste Malu Nyimi Dec 2017

Review — Cyril Orji, A Semiotic Approach To The Theology Of Inculturation, Modeste Malu Nyimi

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

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Review — Angela D. Sims, Lynched: The Power Of Memory In A Culture Of Terror, C. Vanessa White Dec 2017

Review — Angela D. Sims, Lynched: The Power Of Memory In A Culture Of Terror, C. Vanessa White

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

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Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium Dec 2017

Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Listing of locations of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, 1978-present

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The Meaning Of The Flag Of St. Lucia, Government Of St. Lucia Dec 2017

The Meaning Of The Flag Of St. Lucia, Government Of St. Lucia

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.

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