Mocked, vilified, and caricatured
Subtitle: a theological response for clinically depressed African-American men from the pulpit of one of America's oldest Black churches
By: by Britt A. Starghill
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Full Surface Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Memphis, TN]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9780979295348
Subjects: Mental health; Church work with African Americans; Church work with men; African Americans; Religious aspects; Social conditions; African American men; Depression in men
Description: "This book is an attempt to inform and empower black communities to understand and work toward healing this pattern of chronic self-perpetuating pathology that engulfs too many African-American men who as a consequence end up living below society's radar screens, earning wages illegitimately, and/or deteriorating away in prison."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-166).
Table of contents: title: What's going on with African-American men?; title: Making the case that many African-American men are clinically depressed; title: America's outcasts: mocked, vilified and humiliated; title: A theological reflection for African-American men; title: Developing a model for liberation & transformation.