| Description |
1 online resource (121 pages) |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; FOREWORD; Introduction; Genesis 3:8-10; Anecdotes; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1 -- Searching For Adam; CHAPTER 2 -- The State of the Black Church; CHAPTER 3 -- The Influence of Islam; CHAPTER 4 -- From Boyhood to Manhood; Educational System; Special Education; Overemphasis on Athletics; Drug Abuse; Economics; Homicide/Suicide; Prison; Life Expectancy; CHAPTER 5 -- Why Some Black Men Don't Go to Church; (1) HYPOCRISY; (2) EGO/DICTATORIAL; (3) FAITH-SUBMISSION-TRUST-FORGIVENESS-ANGRY AT GOD; (4) PASSIVITY; (5) TITHING; (6) IRRELEVANCE |
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(7) EUROCENTRIC(8) LENGTH OF SERVICE; (9) TOO EMOTIONAL; (10) SPORTS; (11) ATTIRE/DRESS CODE; (12) CLASSISM/UNEMPLOYMENT; (13) EDUCATION; (14) SEXUALITY AND DRUGS; (15) HOMOSEXUALITY; 16) SPIRITUALITY/WORSHIPING ALONE/UNIVERSALISM; (17) HEAVEN; (18) EVANGELISM; (19) LACK OF CHRISTIAN ROLE MODELS; (20) STREETS/PEER PRESSURE; (21) PARENTAL DOUBLE STANDARDS FORCED WHEN A CHILD; CHAPTER 6 -- Solutions; (1) HYPOCRISY; (2) EGO/DICTATORIAL; (3) FAITH/SUBMISSION/TRUST/ FORGIVENESS/ANGER; (4) PASSIVITY; (5) TITHING; (6) IRRELEVANCE; (7) EUROCENTRICITY; (8) LENGTH OF SERVICE; (9) EMOTIONAL; (10) SPORTS |
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(11) ATTIRE/DRESS CODE(12) CLASSISM/UNEMPLOYMENT; (13) EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY; (14) SEXUALITY AND LIQUOR; (15) HOMOSEXUALITY; (16) SPIRITUALITY/ UNIVERSALISM/WORSHIPING; (17) HEAVEN; (18) LACK OF EVANGELISM; (19) LACK OF CHRISTIAN ROLE MODELS; (20) STREETS AND PEER PRESSURE; (21) DOUBLE STANDARDS/FORCED WHEN A CHILD; CHAPTER 7 -- Models of Ministry; Appendix A; Appendix B |
| Summary |
Addresses the question of why the church is 75 percent female and offers ways to bring black men back to God |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American men -- Religious life
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African American men -- Religious life
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wright, Jr., Rev. Dr. Jeremiah
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| ISBN |
9781934155790 |
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1934155799 |
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