Tia Noelle Pratt

Black and Catholic (eBook, ePUB)

Racism, Identity, and Religion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Black and Catholic documents the exclusion, erasure, and systematic racism faced by Black Catholics, filling an essential gap in both Catholic and Black history.

In the storied history of the U.S. Catholic community, there is a long-standing myth held by Catholics and non-Catholics alike that there are no Black Catholics. In this deeply researched and compelling book, Tia Noelle Pratt debunks this myth and brings forward the religious experiences and culture of Black Catholics, filling a void in the literature of both U.S. Catholicism and African American religion. She identifies the nature and ramifications of systemic racism on American Catholicism and how that marginalization impacts Black Catholic identity. Building on her extensive research, Pratt amplifies the voices and experiences of Black Catholics through original interviews and by sharing the story of St. Peter Claver, Philadelphia's first Black Catholic church. Black and Catholic also explores the ways that liturgy and music can build community, celebrate individuality, and resist racism.

Black and Catholic is an essential book that centralizes the Black Catholic community, revealing the heartache of racism and discrimination, the comfort drawn from the strength of generations of believers, and the celebration from combining the music and traditions of African American religious experiences with the belief and rituals of Roman Catholicism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780268210199
• Artikelnr.: 74881832

Autorenporträt

Tia Noelle Pratt is assistant vice president and director of mission engagement and strategic initiatives in the Office for Mission and Ministry and assistant professor of sociology at Villanova University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Black Faith, White Space - Understanding the African American Catholic
Experience
2. The Numbers Don't Add Up - Systemic Racism and Its Legacy in Urban
Catholic Life
3. Finding A Place At The Table - Liturgy as Identity Work and An Act of
Resistance
4. Erasing a Legacy - The Price of St. Peter Claver
5. Race, Community, and Process - Black Catholics' Experience of Catholic
Spaces
6. Losing Religion and Gaining Faith
Appendix
Works Cited
Index