Death and Bereavement
The Role of the Black Church
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean Masamba (Kinhasa, Zaire, corresponding author), Richard A Kalish (Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-34 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/akbg-j436-13x3-ty2h |
| OpenAlex | W2028667934 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
The role of the Black Church in death and bereavement is explored by a Black African clergyman-pastoral psychologist and an American social psychologist. As expressed in Black spirituals, major death themes include death as a symbol for liberation, as an integral part of life, as the basis for fear, as cessation of this life but not extinction of all life, and as social extinction. Case history material is also cited. Description and analysis of Black funerals suggests that grief work is facilitated by the relatively free expression of feelings
African american · Black church · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Feeling · Grief · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Social life · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Anthropology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Gender Studies · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2005 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |