{"product_id":"the-church-and-the-racial-divide-reflections-of-an-african-american-catholic-bishop-paperback","title":"The Church and the Racial Divide: Reflections of an African American Catholic Bishop - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward K. Braxton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*Advance Praise \u0026amp; Reviews* Catholic Media Association - Honorable Mention \/ Catholic Social Teaching \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A courageous and deeply personal meditation on race and the Catholic Church in America.\"-- \u003cb\u003eNational Catholic Reporter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the shooting death of Michael Brown by a white police officer in nearby Ferguson, Missouri, Bishop Braxton of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, issued his first major pastoral statement on the racial divide in America. This timely and though-provoking volume opens with that statement, and concludes five years later with the bishops reflection on the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. These events, five years apart, are the bookends on an ongoing effort to contend with the persistent racial divide and its meaning for the nation and the Catholic Church in America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut they also reveal the ongoing journey and the gradual personal awakening of an African American Catholic theologian and bishop in response to the challenge posed by resistance to the reality that Black Lives Matter. In his addresses, essays, and pastoral letters, Bishop Braxton invites a dialogue for healing in the church and the nation, by urging readers to acknowledge difficult truths with openness to the Holy Spirit call to conversion, justice, and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D\u003c\/strong\u003e., is Bishop Emeritus of Belleville, IL. A former member of the faculties of theology at Harvard Divinity School, University of Notre Dame, and The Catholic University of America, he was invited by Cardinal Peter Turkson to participate in the international conference that marked the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul IV's encyclical Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples). Bishop Braxton is author of The Wisdom Community (Paulist Press) and The Faith Community (Ave Maria Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43779156312127,"sku":"9781626984066","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/samiestore.shop\/products\/the-church-and-the-racial-divide-reflections-of-an-african-american-catholic-bishop-paperback","provider":"Samie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}