Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. Christian Living/
  2. Social Issues and Responsibility

Relational Refugees

Alienation and Re-Incorporation in African American Churches and Communities

by Edward Wimberly

  • Paperback
  • 140 pages
  • Publisher: Abingdon Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 0.9 cm

£18.00

Save 22% | Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

For church leaders and community mentors seeking guidance

Addresses the lack of supportive relationships in ministry

You will learn to foster nurturing connections for growth

This insightful book explores the importance of relationships in African American churches and communities.

Free delivery on orders over £10

Children imitate behaviors and learn values from the adults who care for them. In the absence of relationships or healthy, clearly transmitted values, children flounder. They are, one could say, relational refugees. Those in ministerial leadership positions likewise need someone to imitate or learn from, a type of mentor. This mimesis or copying of behavior, ideas, attitudes, lives, examples, and ministries of significant others has a long legacy in the African-American community. Such mimesis entails trying on different dimensions of ministry until one finds one's unique approach to it. In the African-American context the core of mimesis is liberation. Most models of liberation have ignored or trivialized the significance of caring and supportive relationships to the liberation process. Yet ministry occurs in contexts where, increasingly, cross-generational, extended family, and church relationships are lacking. Such nurturing relationships where mentoring occurs and where values are handed on are often marred when the debilitating messages of racism are internalized without being countered. Practical methods of ministry, Wimberly suggests, must attend to the ways these messages are learned, and work to counter them by ensuring that there are no relational refugees. Wimberly's case studies deal with a family whose son is dying of AIDS, violence, black male and female relationships, adolescent identity in society, aging and parenthood, drug addiction, and consumerism and the American dream.
Relational Refugees and The Air We Breathe
The Air We BreatheRelational Refugees

  • Author

    Edward Wimberly

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Abingdon Press

  • Published

    July 2000

  • Weight

    182g

  • Page Count

    140

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780687087983

  • ISBN-10

    0687087988

  • Eden Code

    114646

Over 14,000 churches and schools have upgraded to an Advance Account and we‘d love to welcome you into this free program. We know that church volunteers and school teachers often use their own money, then have claim it back on on an expense form. We can take all of that hassle away by invoicing your church or school directly and delivering your order straight away.

Opening an account is quick and easy, with most accounts being approved and setup within a few hours of filling in the form below (on weekdays, not weekends). As soon as we‘ve approved the application we‘ll send you an email to let you know that its done.

Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account
Write a review
      Ask a question