- Description
- 401 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- "The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice is a meaningful and practical resource for our times. Through Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J. offers an opportunity to continue the pursuit of racial justice as a necessary component of faith. Each meditation includes relevant history and grounded spiritual practices. The book is refreshing and accessible to all.--Barbara Holmes, author of Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church and Liberation and the Cosmos"--Back cover
- Patrick Saint-Jean offers a guide for all who desire to be more deeply impacted by Spiritual Exercises-- which are meant to help us encounter Jesus, grow closer to Jesus, and follow Jesus, not to wallow in our own sins or focus on the ways we have failed Jesus. Even though the Exercises occur in four movements or weeks, they may take longer than a calendar month or year to truly absorb and pray over. Saint-Jean offers a voice that is often missing, establishing his continuous involvement to diversity and inclusivity. He invites us to be companion on the spiritual journey of reconciliation that racial justice requires.--Profiles in Catholism.
- Subject
- Note
- "Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J., PsyD, currently teaches in the psychology department at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where he is also a psychotherapist. He enjoys jazz, traveling, and learning new languages; and he plays the guitar, harmonica, and drums. He also likes a cup of hot water in the morning."--Back cover
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-398).
- Contents
- Foreword / Jesuit Antiracsim Sodality (JARS) Midwest -- Introduction -- Week one. The sin of division: Day 1. Time out : finding a space to see from a new perspective -- Day 2. Our broken world : systematic racism -- Day 3. The divine image : seeing God in all humanity -- Day 4. Our disordered hearts : racism as a barrier to God's love -- Day 5. Repentance : detaching from White Privilege -- Day 6. The grace of divine love : we are beloved sinners -- Day 7. The grace of community : the unity of Christ's body.
- Week two. Christ as a person of color: Day 1. The call to build the reign of heaven : hearing Jesus in the voices of people of color -- Day 2. The White Jesus : how Christianity has contributed to racism-- Day 3. Outsiders and insiders : People of Color in a white world -- Day 4. Epiphany : the revelation of God in children of color -- Day 5. The story of the good Samaritan : People of Color are my neighbors -- Day 6. The fullness of Christ : the Ignatian "magis" as an antidote for racism -- Day 7. Christ as reconciler : building bridges of justice.
- Week three. The crucifixion and the suffering of people of color: Day 1. Christ's choice : the power of love vs. the power of hate -- Day 2. Christ accused and found guilty : People of Color as innocent victims -- Day 3. Taking up the cross : the work of justice -- Day 4. Beneath the cross : where do you stand? -- Day 5. The power of compassion : active participation in the sorrow of oppression -- Day 6. Dying to self : inner attitudes that contribute to justice -- Day 7. The ongoing crucifixion : seeing Christ in the dying faces of People of Color.
- Week four. Resurrection and the power of possibility: Day 1. Flesh and blood : seeing Black bodies-- Day 2. Radical healing : building solidarity with People of Color -- Day 3. Resurrection power : overcoming a culture of death -- Day 4. The resurrection and the imagination : empowered to envision a better world -- Day 5. Let us never forget : opening our ears and our hearts to history -- Day 6. Kairos time : impatient for justice and patient for God -- Day 7. The unfinished story of Jesus' Ascension : the power of hope. -- Contemplation of divine love: Day 1. Setting new goals : what is God asking of me? -- Day 2. Take, Lord, and receive : servicec to the Beloved.-- Reference notes -- Reading list -- Acknowledgments
- ISBN
- 9781625248367
- 1625248369
- 9781625248381
- 1625248385
- 9781625248374 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1259555117
- Author
Saint-Jean, Patrick, author.
- Title
The spiritual work of racial justice : a month of meditations with Ignatius of Loyola / Patrick Saint-Jean, SJ
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-398).