Healing the Racial Divide retrieves the insights of Dr. Arthur Falls (1901-2000) for composing a renewed theology of Catholic racial justice. Falls was a black Catholic medical doctor who dedicated his life to healing rifts created by white supremacy and racism. He integrated theology, the social sciences, and personal experience to compose a salve that was capable of not only integrating neighborhoods but also eradicating the segregation that existed in Chicago hospitals. Falls was able to reframe the basic truths of the Christian faith in a way that unleashed their prophetic power. He referred to those Catholics who promoted segregation in Chicago as believers in the «mythical body of Christ,» as opposed to the mystical body of Christ. The «mythical body of Christ» is a heretical doctrine that excludes African Americans and promotes the delusion that white people are the normative measure of the Catholic faith.
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Healing the Racial Divide
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1: Black Experience and Empowerment in Catholic Thought
2: The Life of Dr. Arthur G. Falls
3: The Thought and Writings of Dr. Arthur G. Falls
4: A New Understanding of Catholic Racial Justice—Inspired by Falls
5: Virtues for the Oppressed
Afterword
Bibliography
General Index
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26. McCarthy, quoted in Jennings, Daring to Seek Justice, 4–5.
27. Jennings, Daring to Seek Justice, 5. I contacted both the Catholic University of America and an archivist with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, but neither could locate the supporting document.
