Readers will find 'Theology for a Violent Age' informative, insightful, and a provacative challenge to do a soul search regarding the essence of humanity and being Black in the quest to finally once and for all stop reacting to White supremacy, racial domination, and oppression on any level. Theology for a Violent Age is deserving of a critical read and methodical application against the problems of our time."
Are " Religious Beliefs Crippling African American Youth" ?
Readers will find 'Theology for a Violent Age' informative, insightful, and a provacative challenge to do a soul search regarding the essence of humanity and being Black in the quest to finally once and for all stop reacting to White supremacy, racial domination, and oppression on any level. Theology for a Violent Age is deserving of a critical read and methodical application against the problems of our time." Any politician or pundit will agree: we live in a violent and dangerous age. Our pent-up anger and rage fills our households and spills over into our neighborhoods and streets, leaving African American families, who live in poverty and with limited capability to ward off shame and self-contempt, as its unfortunate victims.
In New Book, "Theology for a Violent Age" Prolific Author Woody Carter, Ph.D. challenges the endangered African-American family and the black church to support one another in doing healing work; to come together in faith communities to unearth and root out those core beliefs and religious practices that continue to cripple African-American youth.
Amongst some of the topics he uncovers and examines in the book are the negative black images found in African-American dramas - dominant images such as black folk as victims, negative images of self and community, internalized shame, a deeply rooted rage, and a persistent crisis in identity or sense of self.
It provides evidence that the negative images found in black plays remain present in African-America life and culture, today. Not only in the African-American underclass, but also in black middle-class households that for many are holding on by a thread.
The fact that black folk have embraced this distortion, this negation of black images by white America (notwithstanding the election of President Barak Obama), and made them their own reality demonstrates the degree to which people of African descent have been victimized or colonized by a dominant Euro-American worldview.
These images serve as clues or keys that challenge African-Americans to critically examine and understand those elements within black culture that must be addressed in any attempt to heal, strengthen, and renew the African-American family living in this violent age. And one area of black life and culture this book explores is the extent to which black religion is crippling African- American youth.
When explaining the ideology behind his book, Dr. Carter states, "To know a people, their culture and the forces that shape them, look at their art forms. To understand how a people live in the world, to see through the lens of a race, to perceive and comprehend their world, look at their arts forms."
He continues, "Art is the primary source material that reflects a people's ethos and collective psyche. Art mirrors what a people say about themselves, and in the reflection one catches a glimpse of their collective unconscious."
THEOLOGY FOR A VIOLENT AGE:
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS CRIPPLING AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH"
By Woody Carter, Ph.D.
(December 2010, iUniverse, Inc., ISBN-13: 9781450246064
PRESS CONTACT:
Woody Carter, Ph.D.
(510) 326-0360
woodycarter@gmail.com
http://www.blacknews.com/news/woody_carter...
In New Book, "Theology for a Violent Age" Prolific Author Woody Carter, Ph.D. challenges the endangered African-American family and the black church to support one another in doing healing work; to come together in faith communities to unearth and root out those core beliefs and religious practices that continue to cripple African-American youth.
Amongst some of the topics he uncovers and examines in the book are the negative black images found in African-American dramas - dominant images such as black folk as victims, negative images of self and community, internalized shame, a deeply rooted rage, and a persistent crisis in identity or sense of self.
It provides evidence that the negative images found in black plays remain present in African-America life and culture, today. Not only in the African-American underclass, but also in black middle-class households that for many are holding on by a thread.
The fact that black folk have embraced this distortion, this negation of black images by white America (notwithstanding the election of President Barak Obama), and made them their own reality demonstrates the degree to which people of African descent have been victimized or colonized by a dominant Euro-American worldview.
These images serve as clues or keys that challenge African-Americans to critically examine and understand those elements within black culture that must be addressed in any attempt to heal, strengthen, and renew the African-American family living in this violent age. And one area of black life and culture this book explores is the extent to which black religion is crippling African- American youth.
When explaining the ideology behind his book, Dr. Carter states, "To know a people, their culture and the forces that shape them, look at their art forms. To understand how a people live in the world, to see through the lens of a race, to perceive and comprehend their world, look at their arts forms."
He continues, "Art is the primary source material that reflects a people's ethos and collective psyche. Art mirrors what a people say about themselves, and in the reflection one catches a glimpse of their collective unconscious."
THEOLOGY FOR A VIOLENT AGE:
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS CRIPPLING AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH"
By Woody Carter, Ph.D.
(December 2010, iUniverse, Inc., ISBN-13: 9781450246064
PRESS CONTACT:
Woody Carter, Ph.D.
(510) 326-0360
woodycarter@gmail.com
http://www.blacknews.com/news/woody_carter...
Lawd hamercy! You guys have taken this blog to a level that I never imagined when I posted the info ~whew~. I need some time to collect my thoughts. I'll be back later. Lawd hamercy on me because I can't see what you guys see or got from the post. Devils and what else? ((scratching my head))