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Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life Book

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  • Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life
  • Written by author Stephanie Y. Mitchem
  • Published by Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated, August 2008
  • Black Americans are more likely than whites to die of cancer and heart disease, more likely to get diabetes and asthma, and less likely to get preventive care and screening. Some of this greater morbidity results from education, income level, and environm
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Series Foreword Susan Starr Sered Sered, Susan Starr Linda L. Barnes Barnes, Linda L.

Introduction

Pt. I Ancestral Songs 1

Ch. 1 Natural and Supernatural: African American Hoodoo Narratives of Sickness and Healing Yvonne P. Chireau Chireau, Yvonne P. 3

Ch. 2 Holistic Health and Healing: Environmental Racism and Ecological Justice Dwight N. Hopkins Hopkins, Dwight N. 16

Pt. II Health and Healing across the Diaspora 33

Ch. 3 Bodies in Time and the Healing of Spaces: Religion, Temporalities, and Health Charles H. Long Long, Charles H. 35

Ch. 4 Spiritual Illness and Healing: "If the Lord Wills" Arvilla Payne-Jackson Payne-Jackson, Arvilla 55

Pt. III The Arts of Ritual and Practice 65

Ch. 5 The Marking of the Body, Memory, and the Meaning of Suffering in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata Carolyn M. Jones Jones, Carolyn M. 67

Ch. 6 Just Awailing and Aweeping: Grief, Lament, and Hope as We Face the End of Life Emilie M. Townes Townes, Emilie M. 85

Ch. 7 Honoring the Body: Rituals of Breath and Breathing C. S'thembile West West, C. S'thembile 96

Pt. IV Analyzing Social Realities 109

Ch. 8 The Destruction of Aunt Ester's House: Faith, Health, and Healing in the African American Community Terri Baltimore Baltimore, Terri Mindy Thompson Fullilove Fullilove, Mindy Thompson 111

Ch. 9 The Unspoken, the Spoken, and the Affirmed: Meanings of Healing, Same-Gender-Loving African Americans, and Black Churches Linda L. Barnes Barnes, Linda L. 128

Pt. V Finding and Making Wellness 145

Ch. 10 Seeking Help for the Body in the Well-Being of the Soul Rosemary D. Gooden Gooden, Rosemary D. 147

Ch. 11 Too Gay for the Church, but Always at Home in theClub: Health, Spirituality, and Social Support among Adult Black Gay Men at Oakland's Cable Reef D. Mark Wilson Wilson, D. Mark 160

Ch. 12 Healing Hearts and Broken Bodies: An African American Women's Spirituality of Healing Stephanie Y. Mitchem Mitchem, Stephanie Y. 181

Bibliography 193

Index 201

About the Editors and Contributors 205


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