The Courage to Lead - Leadership in the African American Urban Church

This book focuses on pastoral and lay leadership in the African American church. It deals with the internal and external issues such as the tendency toward a bifurcated mentality and practice such as the 'this is business' syndrome as well as the social issue of race and affirmative action. Ministers and laity in the black church must actively engage themselves in overcoming the inequities that are still endemic to life in urban America. Harris affirms that affirmative action policies are more important than ever in obtaining a degree of social justice.

About the author

James Henry Harris is Professor and Chair of Preaching and Pastoral Theology at Virginia Union University and Senior Minister at the Second Baptist Church, both in Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of The Word Made Plain (2004) and Preaching Liberation (1996). He is a recipient of the Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology and a past president of the Academy of Homiletics.

Product details

• Authors: James Henry Harris, Harris James Henry
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2001
• EAN: 9780742502147
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-0214-7
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 313 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); USA, Ethnic Studies, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, Urban communities, Black & Asian Studies, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity, Religious social & pastoral thought & activity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General