Book Reviews and Commentaries
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola by Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J. Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow. Reviewed by Diana L. Hayes National Catholic Reporter
Racial Justice and the Catholic Church by Bryan N. Massingale Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Moment of Truth Reviewed by Tyler P. Tynes CondeNast Spotlight
Birth of a Movement. Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church by Olga M Sebura Reviewed by Brian Prega Patheos
Four Hundred Souls Edited by Ibram X. Kendi Commentary by Alicia Pender National Catholic Reporter
Black Catholics on the Road to Sainthood Edited by Michael R. Heinlein Interviewed by Carl E. Olson The Catholic World Report
The Dead are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne Reviewed by Chris Byrd National Catholic Reporter
Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing by Sarah Brayne Reviewed by Ken Klippenstein The Intercept
Race & Religion in American Buddhism: White Supremacy and Immigrant Adaptation Adaptation by Joseph Cheah Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart. by Alicia Garza Commentary by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor The New Yorker
Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice by Brenda Salter McNeil Reviewed by Diana L. Hayes National Catholic Reporter
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw Commentary by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin Reviewed by Kevin Spinale America
Rediscipling the White Church by David W. Swanson Reviewed by Kevin P. Considine U.S.Catholic
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin Commentary by Stephen G. Adubato America
Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Religion Around Billie Holiday by Katherine Lucky Commentary by Tracy Fessenden Commonweal
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone Reviewed by Bill Leonard The Baptist
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist by Dorothy Day Reviewed by Father David O. Brown, O.S.M. Profiles in Catholicism
Racism in America: Cultural Codes and Color Lines in the 21st Century by Leonard Pitts Jr. Reviewed by Valeria Stokes Profiles in Catholicism
Book Extract from the Publisher In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu Reviewed by Ron Briley The Washington Post
Subversive Habits. The untold history of black nuns in the United States Commentary by Ashley McKinless America
Everyone Belongs Commentary by Contributor Catholic News Service/Crux
Healing Racial Trauma – The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe Patheos Commentary by Redbud Writers Guild Patheos
The Southside: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D Profiles in Catholicism