One in Christ : Chicago Catholics and the quest for interracial justice /

One in Christ : Chicago Catholics and the quest for interracial justice /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Johnson, Karen J., 1981- author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Description:	xvi, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Catholic Church -- Political activity -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. Race discrimination -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. Church and social problems -- Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century. Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. Illinois -- Chicago.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11868688

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ISBN:	9780190618971 0190618973 9780190618995 9780190619008
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"When Martin Luther King, Jr. marched in Chicago in 1966, he joined black and white lay Catholics who had worked together for civil rights for more than forty years. One in Christ traces Catholic interracial activism's development from the ground up, demonstrating that accounting for religion is crucial to understanding race and civil rights in the North"--

Table of Contents:

List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Black Bodies, White Church
2. Catholic Action versus Black Protest
3. White Partners
4. Communism and Interracial Justice
5. Radical Love
6. Respectability
7. Who Is My Neighbor?
8. The National Movement
Conclusion: Chicago Freedom Summer, 1966
Notes
Index