Relational Refugees: Alienation and Reincorporation in African American Churches and Communities

by Edward, P. Wimberly and Edward P. Wimberly

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687087988
• ISBN13: 9780687087983
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.2"