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Recollecting America's original sin : a pilgrimage of race and grace / Alison M. Benders.

Van Pelt Library BT734.2 .B46 2022
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Benders, Alison M., author.
Contributor:
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Racism.
Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Race relations.
Racism--United States.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--United States.
United States--Race relations.
United States.
Physical Description:
xi, 158 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press Academic, [2022]
Summary:
"Explores antiblack racism throughout US history through a Christian spirituality lens. The reflections on historical moments and places are fashioned as a spiritual pilgrimage that integrates listening, reflecting, and daily living"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: First Week On the Threshold of a Journey
Moment 1 Reckoning
Moment 2 "When You Pray, Move Your Feet"
Moment 3 Mr. Jefferson's Shadow
Moment 4 Teach Your Children Well
Moment 5 Ties That Bind
Moment 6 Origins and Original Sin
Moment 7 It's Not Just Black and White
Getting My Bearings
Second Week Shackled Past and Present in Louisiana
Moment 1 Sold Down the River
Moment 2 The Past Is Present in New Orleans
Moment 3 Raising Cane
Moment 4 Raising Cain
Moment 5 New Orleans Saints
Moment 6 Black and Catholic
Moment 7 The Lower Ninth Ward
Unshackling from the Past
Third Week A Deep South Revolution
Moment 1 Strange Fruit
Moment 2 Feet and Faith in Montgomery
Moment 3 "You Do It to Me"
Moment 4 Proud Selma
Moment 5 "What Mean These Stones?"
Moment 6 Mighty Morehouse
Moment 7 1968
Turning North
Fourth Week Just Resistance
Moment 1 The Cleveland-Glenville Shoot-Out
Moment 2 Northern White Resistance and the Lost Cause
Moment 3 Counting Beads of Hope
Moment 4 Resisting Segregation
-Now
Moment 5 Resisting Segregation
-Then
Moment 6 Just Reckonings
Moment 7 On That Day.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Benders, Alison M. Recollecting America's original sin
ISBN:
9780814665084
081466508X
OCLC:
1284289029
Publisher Number:
99990940515

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