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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149433703321

Autore

Wimberley Wynnetta

Titolo

Depression in African American Clergy / / by Wynnetta Wimberley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781349949106

1349949108

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 120 p.)

Collana

Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, , 2945-6983

Disciplina

230

Soggetti

Theology

Psychology and religion

Black theology

Liberation theology

Feminist theology

Religion and sociology

Christian Theology

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

Black Theology

Liberation Theology

Feminist Theology

Sociology of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Emmanuel Y. Lartey -- Part I -- 1. Depression in the Pulpit -- 2. Depression in the Data -- Part II -- 3. Depression in the Slavocracy -- 4. Depression as Cultural Stigma -- Part III -- 5. A Setup for Depression -- 6. A Pastoral Theological Response.

Sommario/riassunto

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. .