{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gloria Purvis - Anti-racism and the Christian life","description":"The Catholic Church teaches that racism is an evil that must be eradicated from society and from the human heart. However, the institutional church, church leaders, and the faithful have not always lived in accordance with this teaching. At many times throughout history, Catholics have not only tolerated but enabled and fostered racism and white supremacy.  Author, podcaster, and activist Gloria Purvis has not been silent about the evils of racism, the obligations of Catholics to live out the church\u2019s teachings on human dignity, and the reality of how the church has often failed. For Purvis, speaking these truths is part of what it means to follow Jesus, even when it means facing the animosity of the comfortable. In 2020, EWTN canceled Purvis\u2019 radio show \u201cMorning Glory\u201d following her discussion of racial justice and the murder of George Floyd. But Purvis has continued to speak out prophetically, in articles and on her podcast, about the moral and religious obligation of Christians to oppose racism wherever it is found.  On this episode of Field Hospital, Jeannie and Mike talk to Purvis about her experiences as a Black Catholic, about the importance of anti-racism in our Christian life, and about the church\u2019s shameful legacy in the history of white supremacy. If we believe in God and love Jesus. Purvis says, we need to speak the truth, and set captives free. We need to be able to rebuke the evil of racism.  Purvis is a graduate of Cornell University. She has worked in the mortgage industry and as a risk management director for a financial services company. Purvis has served on the National Black Catholic Congress\u2019 Leadership Commission on Social Justice, as an Advisory Board Member on the Maryland Catholic Conference\u2019s Respect for Life Department, and on the Archdiocese of Washington\u2019s Pastoral Council. She is the host of The Gloria Purvis Podcast with America Media.  LINKS: \u201cWe Need to Talk About Race: Lessons from \u2018The Gloria Purvis Podcast\u2019\u201d By Gloria Purvis  https:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2022\/03\/16\/talk-about-racial-justice-242592  \u201cHow race influences our Catholicism\u2014whether we know it or not\u201d https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/how-race-influences-our-catholicism-whether-we-know\/id1566614456?i=1000525580618  \u201cFired EWTN host Gloria Purvis: 'I will never, ever, ever have regrets' for discussing race\u201d By Mark Pattinson https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/justice\/fired-ewtn-host-gloria-purvis-i-will-never-ever-ever-have-regrets-discussing-race  \u201cA conversation with Gloria Purvis on the racial justice and pro-life movements\u201d By Kevin Binrbaum https:\/\/nwcatholic.org\/news\/kevin-birnbaum\/a-conversation-with-gloria-purvis-on-the-racial-justice-and-pro-life-movements  This episode of Field Hospital is supported by Catholic Theological Union. ","author_name":"Field Hospital","author_url":"https:\/\/uscatholic.org\/fieldhospital","html":"