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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 both a...

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Autor Principal: Grimes, Katie Walker (Author)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: 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.
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.
Slaves > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Slavery > South America > History.
Slavery > North America > History.
Christian hagiography.
Christian saints.
Fugitive slaves.
Slavery.
Slaves.
New York (State) > New York.
North America.
South America.
United States.
Biography.
History.
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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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