Race, Religion, and Resilience in the Neoliberal Age

by Johnson, Cedric C.

• ISBN13: 9781137573209
• ISBN10: 1137573201
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-11-30
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book presents a study of the rise of American neoliberalism in the aftermath of the modern Civil Rights movement, paying particular attention to the traumatic impact of the neoliberal age on countless African Americans. Author Cedric C. Johnson takes a close look at the manner in which American neoliberalism has been able to preserve, articulate, and exploit constructions of race-based difference. The neoliberal age has engendered an extraordinary growth in economic disparities and social inequalities, with traumatic repercussions for innumerable African Americans. Historically, black religious forms have functioned as contested spaces, capable of organizing alternative modes of cultural, economic, and political life. This project examines forms of black religiosity that function as modes of soul care in this context. Johnson posits an innovative, multi-systems approach that informs practices of care for populations traumatized or threatened by the neoliberal age.

Author Biography

Cedric C. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Congregational Care at Wesley Theological Seminary, USA. He joined Wesley's faculty after working over fifteen years in the field of community mental health, as a psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and clinical director. His research interests include pastoral care and neoliberal globalization, postcolonial theory, trauma theory, and African American pastoral care.

Table of Contents

1.Bearing Witness
2.Race to the Bottom
3.Black Roses, Cracked Concrete
4.Forgetting to Remember
5.A Healing Journey
6.Prophetic Soul Care
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