Depression in African American Clergy.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Table -- Part I: Part One -- Chapter 1: Depression in the Pulpit -- The Crisis of Clergy Depression -- Chapter 2: Depression in the Data -- The Numbers Don't Lie -- Limitations -- Part II: Part Two -- Chapter 3: Depression in Slavery -- Survivable African Origins -- Clarifying the Role of the Black Preacher During Slavery -- Socioeconomic Realities -- Chapter 4: Depression as Cultural Stigma -- Airing the Dirty Laundry of Depression in the Lives of African American Clergy -- We Wear the Mask: Winnicottian Notions of the "True" and the "False" Self -- Views from a Womanist Lens: De-constructing "Strong Black Woman" (SBW) as a Dangerous Motif for African American Female Clergy -- Part III: Part Three -- Chapter 5: A Setup for Depression -- "You Betta' Talk Preacha!": The Black Church as a Cultural Hermeneutic -- The Holy Spirit's Presence -- Embodiment in the Preaching Moment: The Cultural Sacramentalization of the Black Preacher -- Chapter 6: A Pastoral Theological Response to Depression in African American Pastors -- Do You Want to Be Made Whole?: Huldah as a Metaphor for Liberative Pastoral Praxis -- "Constructing Good Enough Holding Spaces" for African American Clergy -- Implications Moving Forward -- Bibliography -- Index.

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