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Religion and Suicide in the African-American Community (Hardcover, New)
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Religion and Suicide in the African-American Community (Hardcover, New)
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Suicide among African Americans occurs at about half the rate with
which it occurs among white Americans. Why is the black rate of
suicide so much lower, particularly when one considers the effects
of racism and other socio-economic factors on African Americans?
One answer that has been offered is that churches within the
African-American community have a greater influence than among
white Americans and that they provide amelioration of social forces
that would otherwise lead to suicide. To date no other book has
provided an in-depth ethnographic study of the buffering effect of
the black church against suicide. Findings from Early's study
indicate that there is a consensus within the black community in
terms of its attitudes and beliefs toward suicide. Early concludes
that suicide is alien to underlying African-American belief systems
and a complete denial of what it means to be black. This important
study will be invaluable to sociologists and others studying
contemporary race relations and social problems.
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