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Depression in African American Clergy

  • Hardback
  • 153 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • 14.9 x 21.1 x 1 cm

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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 the 'true' and 'false' self, Wimberley examines how depression can emerge from this psycho-socio-theological conflict. When pastors are depressed, they are more prone to encounter difficulties in their personal and professional relationships. Drawing from a communal-contextual model of pastoral theology, this text offers a therapeutically sensitive response to African American clergy suffering with depression.
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  • Author

    Wynnetta Wimberley

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Palgrave Macmillan

  • Published

    October 2016

  • Edition

    2016 ed.

  • Weight

    305g

  • Page Count

    153

  • Dimensions

    14.9 x 21.1 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781349949090

  • ISBN-10

    1349949094

  • Eden Code

    4453873

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