One in Christ - Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice

Zusatztext With warmheartedness and clarity, Karen J. Johnson explores conundrums about race and morality in the United States in One in Christ: Chicago Catholics and the Quest for Interracial Justice. Informationen zum Autor Karen Johnson is Associate Professor of History at Wheaton College in Illinois. She studies the intersection of religion and race in American history, teaches classes on the civil rights movement, race, and urban and suburban history, and works with future history teachers. Klappentext When Martin Luther King, Jr. marched in Chicago in 1966, he joined black and white lay Catholics who had worked together for civil rights for more than forty years. One in Christ traces the development of Catholic interracial activism from the ground up, demonstrating that accounting for religion is crucial to understanding race and civil rights in the North. Zusammenfassung When Martin Luther King, Jr. marched in Chicago in 1966, he joined black and white lay Catholics who had worked together for civil rights for more than forty years. One in Christ traces the development of Catholic interracial activism from the ground up, demonstrating that accounting for religion is crucial to understanding race and civil rights in the North. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Black Bodies, White Church Chapter 2: Catholic Action vs. Black Protest Chapter 3: White Partners Chapter 4: Communism and Interracial Justice Chapter 5: Radical Love Chapter 6: Respectability Chapter 7: Who Is My Neighbor? Chapter 8:The National Movement Chapter 9 Conclusion: Chicago Freedom Summer, 1966

Product details

• Authors: Karen J Johnson, Karen J. Johnson, Karen J. (Associate Professor of History Johnson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780190618971
• ISBN: 978-0-19-061897-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Illinois, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Christianity, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Christian institutions & organizations, History of the Americas, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Demonstrations & protest movements, RELIGION / Christian Living / Social Issues, Religious institutions and organizations