In the Shadow of Ebenezer : : A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II / / Leah Mickens.
Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta The history and practices of African American Catholics has been vastly understudied, and Black Catholics are often written off as a fringe sector of the religious population. Yet, Catholics of Afric...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 8 b/w illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Race and the Catholic Church, in Theory and Practice -- 2 Atlanta’s Religious and Political Ecology and the Establishment of Our Lady of Lourdes -- 3 Our Lady of Lourdes, the Civil Rights Movement, and School Desegregation -- 4 Liturgical Renewal and the Second Vatican Council in Atlanta -- 5 The Withdrawal of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament from Our Lady of Lourdes -- 6 Reviving Our Lady of Lourdes through Liturgical Renewal and Liturgical Justice -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
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Summary: | Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta The history and practices of African American Catholics has been vastly understudied, and Black Catholics are often written off as a fringe sector of the religious population. Yet, Catholics of African descent have been a part of Catholicism since the early days of European exploration into the New World.In the Shadow of Ebenezer examines how the Civil Rights Movement and the Second Vatican Council affected African American Catholics in Atlanta, Georgia, focusing on the historic Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in the Old Fourth Ward. Our Lady of Lourdes is a neighbor of major historic Black Protestant churches in the city, including Ebenezer Baptist Church, a block away, which during the Civil Rights era was the pulpit of Martin Luther King Jr. Featuring archival and oral history sources, the book examines the religious and cultural life of the parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, showing how this Black Catholic congregation fit into the overall religious ecology of the neighborhood. Examining Our Lady of Lourdes in relation to these larger Black Protestant congregations helps to illuminate whether and how they were shaped by their place at a center of the civil rights struggle, and how religious change and social change intersect. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781479816521 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110992960 9783110992939 9783110751628 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9781479816521.001.0001 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Leah Mickens. |