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Depression in African American Clergy
Wynnetta Wimberley
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Description for Depression in African American Clergy
Hardback. Series: Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice. Num Pages: 135 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX1; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
In this book Wynnetta Wimberley addresses the often overlooked crisis of depression in African American clergy, investigating the causes underlying this phenomenon while discussing possible productive paths forward. Historically, many African American pastors have had to assume multiple roles in order to meet the needs of congregants impacted by societal oppression. Due to the monumental significance of the preacher in the African American religious tradition, there exists a type of `cultural sacramentalization' of the Black preacher, which sets clergy up for failure by fostering isolation, highly internalized and external expectations, and a loss of self-awareness. Utilizing Donald Winnicott's theory of ... Read more
In this book Wynnetta Wimberley addresses the often overlooked crisis of depression in African American clergy, investigating the causes underlying this phenomenon while discussing possible productive paths forward. Historically, many African American pastors have had to assume multiple roles in order to meet the needs of congregants impacted by societal oppression. Due to the monumental significance of the preacher in the African American religious tradition, there exists a type of `cultural sacramentalization' of the Black preacher, which sets clergy up for failure by fostering isolation, highly internalized and external expectations, and a loss of self-awareness. Utilizing Donald Winnicott's theory of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349949090
SKU
V9781349949090
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About Wynnetta Wimberley
Wynnetta Wimberley is Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care, and Counseling at Emory University, USA, and is on staff at the Emory University School of Medicine. She is clinically trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, having earned her ThD in Pastoral Counseling from Emory University, and MDiv and ThM degrees, respectively, from Princeton Theological Seminary, USA. An ordained pastor in the American ... Read more
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