Faith, Stories and the Experience of Black Elders
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Faith, Stories and the Experience of Black Elders

Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Faith, Stories and the Experience of Black Elders

Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land

About this book

Working through oral traditions, this book illustrates the importance of spirituality and the family in African-Caribbean culture. The author shows how inter-generational conversations, where elders share personal experiences and reflections from their life with children and young people, encourage, inspire and educate the younger generation and contribute to their sense of identity.

The author's approach can be applied in different cultural settings and both outlines and affirms an active role for older people in the community. It also provides useful historical background on the migration of people coming from the Caribbean to Britain. Containing case studies, it is a practical and reflective resource for religious professionals, social workers and anyone seeking to understand the meaning of religion and faith for Britain's African and Caribbean communities.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Faith, Stories and the Experience of Black Elders: Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword by Albert Jewell
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. ‘Looking ahead’: A dramatic sketch
  8. 1 Developing a new approach
  9. 2 Speaking with Black elders: An early attempt
  10. 3 Creating the oral tradition document
  11. 4 Piloting the oral tradition document: Intergenerational work with families
  12. 5 The impact of the oral tradition: Conversations on Black children
  13. 6 Implications for the work with elders in Britain
  14. Appendix
  15. References
  16. Subject Index
  17. Author Index