{"product_id":"undoing-the-knots-five-generations-of-american-catholic-anti-blackness-hardcover","title":"Undoing the Knots: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaureen O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA personal and historical examination of white Catholic anti-Blackness in the US told through 5 generations of one family, and a call for meaningful racial healing and justice within Catholicism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcavating her Catholic family's entanglements with race and racism from the time they immigrated to America to the present, Maureen O'Connell traces, by implication, how the larger Catholic population became white and why, despite the tenets of their faith, so many white Catholics have lukewarm commitments to racial justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eO'Connell was raised by devoutly Catholic parents with a clear moral and civic guiding principle: those to whom much is given, much is expected. She became a theologian steeped in social ethics, engaged in critical race theory, and trained in the fundamentals of anti-racism. And still she found herself failing to see how her well-meaning actions affected the Black members of her congregations. It seemed that whenever she tried to undo the knots of racism, she only ended up getting more tangled in them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndoing the Knots\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together narrative history, theology, and critical race theory to begin undoing these knots: to move away from doing good and giving back and toward dismantling the white Catholic identity and the economic and social structures it has erected and maintained.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaureen H. O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor and chair of the Department of Religion and Theology at LaSalle University. She authored \u003ci\u003eCompassion: Loving Our Neighbor in an Age of Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIf These Walls Could Talk: Community Muralism and the Beauty of Justice\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a member of POWER (Philadelphians Organizing to Witness, Empower, and Rebuild), an interfaith coalition of more than 50 congregations committed to making Philadelphia the city of \"\u003ci\u003ejust\u003c\/i\u003e love\" through faith-based community organizing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767791026464,"sku":"9780807016657","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/08ac72c4baacda64f682a7654dab3093.webp?v=1780317366","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/undoing-the-knots-five-generations-of-american-catholic-anti-blackness-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}