Fugitive saints : Catholicism and the politics of slavery /

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"How should the Catholic Church remember the sins of its saints? This question proves particularly urgent in the case of those saints who were canonized due to their relation to black slavery. Today, many of their racial virtues seem like racial vices. This book proposes black fugitivity, as bo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grimes, Katie Walker (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Claver, Pedro, > Saint, > 1580-1654.
Martín, de Porres, > Saint, > 1579-1639.
Toussaint, Pierre, > 1766-1853.
Claver, Pedro, > Saint, > 1580-1654
Martín, de Porres, > Saint, > 1579-1639
Toussaint, Pierre, > 1766-1853
Catholic Church > History.
Église catholique > Histoire.
Catholic Church
Slavery and the church.
Slavery and the church > South America > History.
Slavery and the church > North America > History.
Christian saints > Attributes.
Christian saints > North America.
Christian saints > South America.
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Slavery > South America > History.
Slavery > North America > History.
Christian hagiography.
Saints chrétiens > Amérique du Nord.
Saints chrétiens > Amérique du Sud.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Hagiographie chrétienne.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christian hagiography
Christian saints
Christian saints > Attributes
Fugitive slaves
Slavery
Slavery and the church
Enslaved persons
New York (State) > New York
North America
South America
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sainthood and historical memory
  • Claver's ministry for slaveocracy
  • Claver as race-making ally of antiblackness supremacy
  • The racialized humility of Peter Claver
  • Coercive kindness : reconsidering Claver "from below"
  • The racialized humility of Saint Martín de Porres
  • Catholic sainthood and the afterlife of slavery
  • Venerable Pierre Toussaint and the search for fugitive saints
  • Toward a fugitive hagiography.

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