Toni Morrison’s Black Catholic Novels

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

“Can we consider Toni Morrison a Catholic novelist,” Nadra Nittle asked in an article for America in 2017. Since Morrison’s passing in 2019, Nadra has been exploring that question in more depth, and the result is her new book: Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature, out this month from Fortress Press. Zac and Ashley talk about why Morrison isn’t typically thought of alongside the usual lineup of Catholic novelists, how her experiences as a Black Catholic infused her novels and where someone who hasn’t read any Toni Morrision should start. During Signs of the Times, the hosts unpack the release of a new report on sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church as well as an unprecedented meeting of religious leaders at the Vatican to issue a statement about climate change. Links from the show: Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature The Ghosts of Toni Morrison: A Catholic writer confronts the legacy of slavery ‘This is a moment of shame’: Pope Francis says the church has failed to center abuse victims for too long Pope Francis and 40 faith leaders call for urgent action to combat climate change: ‘Future generations will never forgive us’ Zac’s attempt at TikTok (be nice) What’s on tap? Strawberry Margaritas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Judge Whiticle, a podcast by the young hip and lay editors of
0:15.3	American media that lay part means we aren't Jesuits but we work with them
0:19.0	join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith, culture, in the news, often over drinks.
0:24.8	I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Zach Davis.
0:27.2	Great to be with you Ashley at the end of another season of Bachelor in Paradise.
0:31.0	I mean another episode of Jesuitical.
0:34.0	A podcast for young Catholic.
0:35.0	Please, no spoilers, I didn't get to watch the finale last night.
0:38.0	So I did.
0:39.0	Did you?
0:40.0	Yes, I normally Amanda is watching the show with Ashley.
0:43.6	Amanda's my wife.
0:44.8	But last night they didn't get together,
0:45.9	so I was lucky to be able to be able to
0:49.7	watch the three hour finale.
0:52.4	So I'm excited for that to be over but excited to get to this
0:56.2	weird. I actually watched the sports game, Yankees first Boston Red Sox and you were
1:00.8	watching Bachelor. I know it's a little sad I was hoping that both of those teams could lose but Boston managed to prevail.
1:08.0	Anyway what do we got going on this week?
1:10.0	This week we are talking to Nodra Niddle. She is a writer and author of the forthcoming book,
1:16.0	Tony Morrison's Spiritual Vision, Faith, Folk Tales, and Feminism in her life and literature.
1:22.4	Yeah, in this book actually was... feminism in her life and literature.
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