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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

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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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