{"product_id":"slavery-and-the-catholic-church-in-the-united-states-historical-studies-9780813236759","title":"Slavery and the Catholic Church in the United States: Historical Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe intertwining of U.S. Catholicism and race-based slavery is a painful aspect of the Church's history. Many scholars have shied away from this uncomfortable topic, but in recent years a cadre of historians have studied Catholics' varied roles: as enslaved persons, slaveholders, defenders of slavery, and, in a few cases, advocates of abolition and emancipation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of nine essays is divided into three sections: enslaved persons and slaveholders, debating abolition and emancipation, and historians and historiography. The studies, many of which are informed by recent archival discoveries, offer a model for historians seeking to understand the relationship between slavery and the Church, not only topically but in terms of methods, contexts, and resources. They contribute to a broader appreciation of religion's role in race-based slavery and, in doing so, will assist scholars, teachers, and students in the contemporary discussion involving slavery, racism, and their legacies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlavery and the Catholic Church in the United States\u003c\/em\u003e witnesses to the fragility of humanity, which is capable of freedom or slavery, brotherhood or hatred. Yet each chapter offers a ray of hope, suggesting how we might acknowledge and respond to this difficult history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJude P. Dougherty (1930-2021) was Dean Emeritus of the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America. He served as editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eThe Review of Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e for forty- four years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Catholic University of America Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651739685138,"sku":"9780813236759","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5076e7c6-f164-456d-9a6d-5b3ba6370638.jpg?v=1733308481","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slavery-and-the-catholic-church-in-the-united-states-historical-studies-9780813236759","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}