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In Memory Of Sister Pat Haley, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton Dec 2019

In Memory Of Sister Pat Haley, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.


Eyes Focused On The Light, Kimberly Flint-Hamilton Dec 2019

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 Dec 2019

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 Dec 2019

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

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.


Let’S Be Friends: Black Theology, Climate Change, And Trust, Nathaniel Holmes Jr. Dec 2019

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 Dec 2019

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 Dec 2019

“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 Dec 2019

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

No abstract provided.


Review — James H. Cone, Said I Wasn’T Gonna Tell Nobody, Addie L. Walker S.S.N.D. Dec 2019

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

No abstract provided.


Cultural Colonization And Young Adult Liturgical Experience, Timone Davis Dec 2019

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 …


Review — Matthew J. Cressler, Authentically Black And Truly Catholic: The Rise Of Black Catholicism In The Great Migration, C. Vanessa White Dec 2019

Review — Matthew J. Cressler, Authentically Black And Truly Catholic: The Rise Of Black Catholicism In The Great Migration, C. Vanessa White

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.


Review — Courtney Hall Lee, Black Madonna: A Womanist Look At Mary Of Nazareth, Claudine Pannell-Goodlett Dec 2019

Review — Courtney Hall Lee, Black Madonna: A Womanist Look At Mary Of Nazareth, Claudine Pannell-Goodlett

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.


Review — Tamura Lomax, Jezebel Unhinged: Loosing The Black Female Body In Religion & Culture, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai Dec 2019

Review — Tamura Lomax, Jezebel Unhinged: Loosing The Black Female Body In Religion & Culture, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.


Priestly Formation And Sexual Abuse In The Roman Catholic Church: In Dialogue With The Nigerian Church, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai Dec 2019

Priestly Formation And Sexual Abuse In The Roman Catholic Church: In Dialogue With The Nigerian Church, Simonmary Asese Aihiokhai

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Reading the signs of the times today cannot be done legitimately without a critical look at the current sex abuse crisis perpetuated by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To deny the fact that the Church has a crisis on its hands is to trivialize the pain and sorrow experienced by all in the Church, and most especially by the victims of the crisis. This work provides an x-ray vision of some of the factors shaping this crisis and boldly offers some interventions that can help the Church to navigate its way out of the crisis. There is an …


Regrouping In The Clearing: Resisting Liturgiam Authenticam And Reconsidering An African American Rite, Kenneth L. Crowe Hamilton Dec 2019

Regrouping In The Clearing: Resisting Liturgiam Authenticam And Reconsidering An African American Rite, Kenneth L. Crowe Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

In light of the move to the right manifested in the recent changes to the Roman Rite, this essay seeks to add an Africentric and postcolonial critique to other recent liturgical and linguistic critiques of the new rite by liturgy scholars and pastors. I argue that the new translation is an attack on not only Vatican II principles but also on black Catholic theological principles, the black Catholic community, and oppressed populations in general. The essay seeks to locate the racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism behind the imperialist nostalgia of Liturgiam Authenticam by revisiting the 1960s and the issues and …


Review — Mitzi J. Smith, Womanist Sass And Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality And Biblical Interpretation, Anna Kasafi Perkins Dec 2019

Review — Mitzi J. Smith, Womanist Sass And Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality And Biblical Interpretation, Anna Kasafi Perkins

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

No abstract provided.


Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium Dec 2019

Chronology, Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

Listing of BCTS annual meetings from 1978 to 2019


The Angel Oak Tree Of Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, Steven Hamilton Dec 2019

The Angel Oak Tree Of Johns Island, Charleston, South Carolina, Steven Hamilton

Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium

The legend of the Angel Tree.