A Sorrowful Joy: A Spiritual Journey of an African-American Man in Late Twentieth-Century America

by Albert J. Raboteau

Overview

Albert Raboteau was born into a Catholic family in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, three months after his father was shot and killed by a white man. It was during the 1940s, when blacks couldn't swim at the same beach as whites, when the priest gave communion to white Catholics first and made others wait. In a moving account of his life, Raboteau tells how the boy grew into a man, married, became a success as a college administrator, then learned sorrow, lost his way and had to start over again. His is an American spiritual journey that is redolent of sacramental Christianity marking the sacredness of time, place, and community. The journey brought him to a conversation that reconciled him to his own past, including his religious heritage, his African roots, and his family members. In the end his spiritual quest became a journey home, to a human circle that opened to him and brought him to God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725230828
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	04/25/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	60
Sales rank:	966,761
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Albert J. Raboteau is the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The text of this book was originally delivered as a Harold M. Wit Lecture at Harvard University Divinity School.
Albert Raboteau is the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion at Princeton University. The text of this book was originally delivered as a Harold M. Wit Lecture and Harvard University Divinity School.