2025/07/30 by Joseph S. Flipper · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #American Constitutional Law and Politics #Religion and Society Interactions #Theological Perspectives and Practices
paper · pdf · doi:10.55476/001c.142755
openalex publication_date 2025/07/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
With frequency, the US Catholic Church has been slow to address racial inequality. Today, it is inadequately prepared to address the contemporary resurgence of ethnonationalism and xenophobia. This essay suggests that US Christian theologies, impoverished by their faith in an American teleology toward multiethnic liberal democracy, have often ignored or misdiagnosed the problem. Drawing from and evaluating three recent books that contribute to antiracist spirituality and Christian practice, this essay argues that a key to antiracist spirituality is the refusal to cooperate with brutality and exploitation.