A Gift Grows in the Ghetto
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A Gift Grows in the Ghetto

Reimagining the Spiritual Lives of Black Men

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eBook - ePub

A Gift Grows in the Ghetto

Reimagining the Spiritual Lives of Black Men

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About This Book

In his classic essay "Of Our Spiritual Strivings, " W. E. B. Du Bois asks, "how does it feel to be a problem?" This question has become a means of diagnosing the lived experience of Black men, particularly in America's most neglected and feared environment: the ghetto. What is often overlooked, however, is the vital role that spirituality has in remedying the problem. A Gift Grows in the Ghetto examines how not being in relationship with one's gift can lead to feelings of despair, entrapment, and abandonment, all of which contribute to Black men feeling as though they are nothing more than a problem. By utilizing the biblical story of Ishmael's miraculous survival, growth, and giftedness in the wilderness, the book encourages Black men to embrace a life of faith that is dependent on the God who always sees, nurtures, and is in relationship with us and our gifts in the wilderness and the ghetto.

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Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9781646982776
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Introduction: No Humans, No God, and No Gifts
  8. 1. “I WAS A MAN NOW”: The Problematic Manhood of African American Men
  9. 2. The Hero’s Sorrow: A Gift Not Yet Unwrapped
  10. 3. Ghetto Grown
  11. 4. The Wilderness: Where Our Gift Grows
  12. 5. Talking about Our Gifts
  13. 6. Warning: God Don’t Like Ugly
  14. Notes
  15. Index
  16. Excerpt from The Purpose Gap, by Patrick B. Reyes