Book contents
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Terminology and Translations
- Introduction
- Part I Devotion
- 1 The Emergence of Black Saints
- 2 Salvation, Black Confraternities, and Saints in Global Catholicism
- 3 “Black Like Me”: Community Formation and White Backlash
- Part II Illumination
- Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
3 - “Black Like Me”: Community Formation and White Backlash
from Part I - Devotion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 November 2019
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Terminology and Translations
- Introduction
- Part I Devotion
- 1 The Emergence of Black Saints
- 2 Salvation, Black Confraternities, and Saints in Global Catholicism
- 3 “Black Like Me”: Community Formation and White Backlash
- Part II Illumination
- Afterlife
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
Analyzes how black confraternities created communities for slave and free Africans, their celebrations, and the racism they faced. It also talks about devotion to black saints in white communities
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- Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism , pp. 87 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019