Holy Communion on Canfield Drive: Listening, Liturgy, and Learning on a College Group Pilgrimage in Ferguson, Missouri

This article argues that listening to stories of community leaders and activists as well as writing a Eucharistic liturgy to practice together were effective elements of a pilgrimage that had the goal of educating Christian college students about racial justice. Together these practices helped stude...

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Main Author: Williams, Montague R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2020]
In: Religious education
Year: 2020, Volume: 115, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / College student / Study trip / Theological studies / Multi-cultural society / Social justice
RelBib Classification:AH Religious education
AX Inter-religious relations
KBQ North America
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Young adults
B Pilgrimage
B racial justice
B Eucharist
B Vocation
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article argues that listening to stories of community leaders and activists as well as writing a Eucharistic liturgy to practice together were effective elements of a pilgrimage that had the goal of educating Christian college students about racial justice. Together these practices helped students imagine new possibilities of building community across lines of difference, embrace unity between spirituality and bodily engagement in social justice, and sense forward movement in vocational discernment.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2020.1706243