Honoring African American Elders: A Ministry in the Soul Community - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0787903515 ISBN 13: 9780787903510

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 1997

Riassunto

This book examines the church's vital role in the lives of African American elders and the critical need to prepare church leaders to respond effectively. The authors propose concrete ways for churches to make this type of ministry a reality for the benefit of the elders and the vitality of the whole community.

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L'autore:

ANNE STREATY WIMBERLY coordinates the Gerontology in Seminary Education Initiative at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Older adults are the fastest-growing segment of the African American churchgoing population. Honoring African American Elders is the first book to examine the church's vital role in the lives of these elders and the critical need to prepare church leaders to respond effectively to their increasing numbers in congregations. Focused specifically on today's unprecedented challenges to minister to African American seniors, it provides much-needed help and guidance for church leaders.The authors offer a new paradigm for ministry, faithful to both biblical and African American heritage, which restores elders to their proper place in the congregation as well as attAnds to their needs. They explore the historical roots of reverence toward elders in the African American culture and propose practical, concrete ways for churches to make this ministry a reality for the benefit of these persons and the vitality of the whole community.The model for this ministry is based on two interrelated values -- "honor" and "soul community." To "honor" African American elders means to acknowledge the significance of their years and to treat them as persons of worth. Elders are honored as repositories of wisdom and resourceful contributors to the community as well as recipients of care. In contrast to Western individualism, a "soul community" is an African American community that operates from a sense of "peoplehood" and an appreciation of shared history, shared culture, and shared challenges. Elders must be valued as important bearers of this history and culture, as meaningful participants in the community, and as receivers of care. A soul community cultivates cross-generational relations as the context for this to happen, reclaiming a communal ethic wherein all generations are seen as connected parts of a kinship circle.Filled with evocative stories, numerous examples, concrete suggestions, and questions for reflection, Honoring African American Elders challenges church

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• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0787903515
• ISBN 13: 9780787903510
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 209
• Redattore: Wimberly Anne Streaty