Racism: Challenges to Being Church

by Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson; Emmanuel Katongole

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 2025

Overview

This collection of essays by various church scholars from the African continent presents a unique perspective on racism and outlines the challenges that we all face in being Church. The issues addressed include the concept of structural sin, the importance of identity, the idea of power and influence, and the effects of racism on the entire church community.

Key Features

• Includes a collection of essays by various church scholars from the African continent.
• Presents a unique perspective on racism.
• Outlines the challenges that we all face in being Church.

Contents

• Foreword by Bishop Edward K Braxton
• Introduction
• 1 Is Catholicism Racist? A South African Perspective (Anthony Egan, SJ)
• 2 The Lies That Bind Us: Rethinking Race, Racism, Black, and Blackness (Evelyn Birabwa M Namakula)
• 3 Races, Nations, and Tribes: Evolutions of Meaning (Festo Mkenda, SJ)
• 4 A Church Affected by Racism (Aimé Kameni Wembou)
• 5 Race, Ethnicity, and Identity: A Theological Account (Emmanuel Katongole)
• 6 Racism as a Reality and Problem: The Solution (John O Egbulefu)
• 7 Introspection, Action, and Credibility: The Church and Africa (Fortunatus Nwachukwu)
• 8 Deconstructing Racialism: The Ethno-racial Language of 1 Peter 2:9–10 (Paulin Poucouta)
• 9 Combating Racism: Trajectories, Resources, and Strategies (Teresa Okure)
• 10 The Story of Noah and Canaan: A Contribution from Patristic Exegesis (Peter Kodwo Turkson)
• 11 Curriculum, Content, and Racism: The Need for a Paradigm Shift (Dorothy Mensah-Aggrey)
• 12 Racism, the Church, and Structural Sin (Paulinus Odozor, CSSp)
• 13 Corrosive Racism: Subterfuges and Preliminaries (Pius Ngandu Nkashama)
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• List of Contributors

Product Details

• Title: Racism: Challenges to Being Church
• Authors: Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Emmanuel Katongole
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780809157068, 0809157063
• Resource ID: LLS:RCSMCHLLNGCHRCH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-05T17:11:39Z