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With every passing year since her death in 1990, more people are recognizing Sister Thea Bowman as one of the most inspiring figures in American Catholic history. This granddaughter of slaves became Catholic on her own initiative at the age of nine. As a Franciscan sister, she lived a wide-ranging ministry of joy, music, and justice.
Now Father Maurice Nutt offers a new biography of Sister Thea that introduces her and sheds new light on who she was. Drawing on careful research and the insights of people who were close to her, Nutt explores her personality, her passion, her mission, and her prayer. He captures Thea Bowman as she was: an unapologetically African American woman, a religious sister who deeply loved God and the people to whom she ministered through teaching, preaching, and singing, and who embraced the blessing of her ancestry, the wisdom of the "old folks," and a passion for justice and equality for all God's children.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Chapter One
Being Bertha Bowman (1937-1953) 9
Chapter Two
Becoming Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA (1953-1961) 29
Chapter Three
Returning to Canton (1961-1965) 42
Chapter Four
From Canton to the Nation's Capitol (1966-1972) 52
Chapter Five
Viterbo College: Professor Bowman (1972-1978) 61
Chapter Six
Returning to Her Roots, Race, and Old Time Religion (1978-1984) 68
Chapter Seven
Being Black and Catholic (1984-1989) 86
Chapter Eight
She Tried (1990) 114
Notes 121
Selected Bibliography 132
Index 137
