African American Pastoral Care And Counseling

Author : Edward P. Wimberly
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
ISBN 13 : 0829819711
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Pastoral Care and Counseling: written by Edward P. Wimberly and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ed Wimberly's important book links politics and pastoral care, two practices I haven't seen connected very often. Wimberly's book comes at a critical time in the life of theological education and religious practice in America. There is a raging debate afoot within black church culture about the appropriate balance of personal and political construal of the Christian message. This book could advance a much needed approach to a complicated conversation about the kind of pastoral care best suited for people who have known racism, sexism, poverty, and religious abuse. Wimberly's dedication, warmth, intelligence, and charisma will transform this book into a tool for opening closed minds and closing open arguments that do not liberate."—Robert M. Franklin, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics, Candler School of Theology, Emory University It is because pastoral care and counseling facilitate person agency and efficacy (personal, social, and political empowerment and transformation) that African American pastoral care and counseling are inherently political processes, contends Edward Wimberly. In African American Pastoral Care and Counseling: The Politics of Oppression and Empowerment, Wimberly outlines the theological anthropology that undergirds the practices of care and the practices of self as holistic processes. Wimberly shows those who engage in pastoral counseling with African Americans how to navigate around the negative self-images, identities, and stories into which they have been recruited in order to liberate themselves to discern how to best make use of their personal and political agency and efficacy.

Author : Edward P. Wimberly
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426729324
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Pastoral Care written by Edward P. Wimberly and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Respond to God's unfolding drama to bring healing and reconciliation. In this major revision of his classic book, Dr. Edward Wimberly updates his narrative methodology by examining current issues in African American pastoral care and counseling.

Author : Edward P. Wimberly
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664256562
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counseling African American Marriages and Families written by Edward P. Wimberly and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important questions face any pastoral counselor when working with African American couples and families. Edward Wimberly focuses on the religious worldview that African Americans bring to their understanding of marriage and family, so that the counselor can learn the assumptions behind the presenting problems. Wimberly's treatment examines the social context of African American families, the separate issues for men and women, intergenerational factors, the impact of the life cycle, sexuality, affairs, and abuse. This wide-ranging book is exceptionally practical for all pastoral caregivers. The purpose of the Counseling and Pastoral Theology series is to address clinical issues that arise among particular populations currently neglected in the literature on pastoral care and counseling. This series is committed to enhancing both the theoretical base and the clinical expertise of pastoral caregivers by providing a pastoral theological paradigm that will inform both assessment and intervention with persons in these specific populations.

Author : Edward P. Wimberly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780829816815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African American Pastoral Care and Counseling written by Edward P. Wimberly and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is because pastoral care and counseling facilitate person agency and efficacy (personal, social, and political empowerment and transformation) that African American pastoral care and counseling are inherently political processes, contends Edward Wimberly. In African American Pastoral Care and Counseling: The Politics of Oppression and Empowerment, Wimberly outlines the theological anthropology that undergirds the practices of care and the practices of self as holistic processes. Wimberly shows those who engage in pastoral counseling with African Americans how to navigate around the negative self-images, identities, and stories into which they have been recruited in order to liberate themselves to discern how to best make use of their personal and political agency and efficacy.

Author : Kenyatta R. Gilbert
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1451412533
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching written by Kenyatta R. Gilbert and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching is a constructive effort to examine the historical contributions of African American preaching, the challenges it faces today, and how it might become a renewed source of healing and strength for at-risk communities and churches. --from publisher description

Author : Edward P. Wimberly
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780687302895
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pastoral Care in the Black Church written by Edward P. Wimberly and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is pastoral care effective in today's black churches? Is the influence of black pastors declining? What roles have pastors played in black churches? These and other topics are considered in the important first book about pastoral care in the American black church.

Author : Kennard Murray
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608999246
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shackled by a Heavy Burden written by Kennard Murray and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares one pastor's journey to uncover the inherent barriers that cause many African American parishioners not to receive the help they need regarding their mental and emotional health. These barriers are revealing and may be surprising to clergy and counseling professionals. In this book, Kennard Murray examines the phenomenon of resistance to professional counseling in the African American community and the source of this resistance, the reasons parishioners seek out pastors for help during emotional distress, whether pastors feel adequately equipped to provide such counseling, and the need for training on making appropriate referrals. Also, the author identifies an emerging method of providing church-based pastoral counseling in local churches to address the barriers of resistance to seeking help in the community at large. The information contained within these pages will help not only African American pastors, but also pastors in rural communities where other counseling professionals are not readily accessible.

Author : Edward P. Wimberly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Claiming God written by Edward P. Wimberly and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to answer two perennial questions: What does it mean to be persons of worth and value in our contemporary culture? And, how can a relationship with God give us a renewed sense of our worth and value? The thesis of this book is that we become persons by internalizing the conversations in which we take part, but we become holy persons by giving conversation with God a privileged status over all other conversations. Even though persons are labeled worthy and valuable by our culture, we are judged in our culture by market values that are antithetical to Christian values. In the marketplace persons are deemed worthy and honorable if they are, for example, a particular color, age, gender, class, or religion. Persons are considered shameful if they aren't. Worthy persons are invited in and shameful persons are shut out. Following the African American tradition of drawing on biblical material, this book will use Biblical narratives, but also contemporary African American autobiography and fiction to show pastors how to enable the transformation that comes when persons learn to put conversations with God in the forefront. For example, the book of Job is about a person who suffered staggering losses, who was shamed by well-meaning friends, but who still talked and listened to God. Throughout the book, we see Job sorting through different levels of conversation about human value and worth until God's voice breaks through with sound and fury. The Book of Job gives us no answer to the reason for suffering, only that God is present and that a relationship with God is always possible. Wimberly offers an elegant tool to help pastors understand how persons come to a renewed sense of their value and worth. Understanding how and why transformation occurs is a fundamental issue in psychology and religion that is studied in most pastoral care classes. By using the term "conversation," Wimberly can describe complex psychological phenomena and processes simply. Part of the beauty of this concept is that it can be effectively used in both religious and secular counseling contexts by professionals interested in faith development and spiritual formation.

Author : Lee N. June
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310240255
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counseling in African-American Communities written by Lee N. June and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gospel brings liberty to men, women, and children bound by every conceivable sin and affliction. Psychology provides a tool for applying the power of the gospel in practical ways. Drawing on biblical truths and psychological principles, Counseling in African-American Communities helps us---Christian counselors, pastors, and church leaders---to meet the deep needs of our communities with life-changing effect. Marshaling the knowledge and experience of experts in the areas of addiction, family issues, mental health, and other critical issues, this no-nonsense handbook supplies distinctively African-American insights on the problems tearing lives and families apart all around us: Domestic Abuse Gambling Addiction Blended Families Sexual Addiction and the Internet Depression and Bipolar Disorder Divorce Recovery Unemployment Sexual Abuse and Incest Demonology Grief and Loss Schizophrenia Substance Abuse . . . and much more

Author : Helsel, Philip Browning
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1587687615
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pastoral Care and Counseling written by Helsel, Philip Browning and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses the critique that pastoral care is indistinguishable from secular psychotherapy by placing a person's relationship to God at the center of pastoral care.