The History of Black Catholics in the United States
by Davis, CyprianFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1995-03-01
Publisher(s): Independent Publishers
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Summary
This book makes an extremely valuable contribution to our understanding of African-American religious life by presenting the first full-length treatment of the Black Catholic experience. It should be read by all interested in the history and culture of Black Americans.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Religious Orders and Congregations | p. xvii |
| African Roots | p. 1 |
| Catholic Settlers and Catholic Slaves: a Church in Chains | p. 28 |
| Christ's Image in Black: the Black Catholic Community Before the Civil War | p. 67 |
| Builders of Faith: Black Religious Women Before and After the Civil War | p. 98 |
| A Golden Opportunity for a Harvest of Souls: the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1866 | p. 116 |
| Shepherds with Black Skins: the First African American Catholic Priests | p. 145 |
| """"A Humble Experiment . . . an Entering Wedge"""": the Emergence of the Black Catholic Laity | p. 163 |
| Black and Catholic: a Testimony of Faith | p. 195 |
| Coming of Age: Black Catholics in the Mid-Twentieth Century | p. 238 |
| Postscript | p. 260 |
| Notes | p. 263 |
| Bibliography | p. 323 |
| Index | p. 339 |
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