Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men: Hope to Keep Going

by Nicholas Grier

Overview

Black men need hope to survive and, ultimately, flourish. As mental health is a critical but often neglected issue, especially among Black men, Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men examines that sensitive topic in conjunction with reflections on race, gender, sexuality, and class to offer a hopeful and constructive framework for care and counseling, particularly for Black men. These are not separate from spiritual health and growth, as well, but both are integral to holistic, dynamic wellbeing. In this, the author provides a careful and critical analysis of spiritual hope and healing as ingredient to individual and communal flourishing. As such, this volume will be a vital resource for health practitioners, spiritual caregivers, and providers in community care who serve to bolster the mental wellbeing of Black men.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498567145
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	06/15/2021
Series:	Religion and Race
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.62(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Nicholas Grier (PhD, LPC) is associate professor of practical theology, spiritual care, and counseling at Claremont School of Theology. He is also a counselor at the Bishop Wellness Center and founder of Coloring Mental Health Collective.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Prelude to Keep Going

Part I: Understanding Context

Chapter One: Chronically Dissed

Chapter Two: Breathing Racism’s, Sexism’s, and Classism’s Toxic Air

Chapter Three: The Urgency for Men to Embody Empathy and Support for Women

Chapter Four: Intertwined Worlds in the Mind

Part II: A Hope to Keep Going Framework for Care and Counseling

Chapter Five: Spiritual Hope

Chapter Six: A Hope to Keep Going Model Of Change: Activating Communal Agency to Care for Black Men

Chapter Seven: A Hope to Keep Going Model of Change: Activating Creative and Constructive Agency in Black Men

Conclusion

Appendix A: Vignettes

Appendix B: Individual Interview Questions

Appendix C: Research Participants

References

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

Review of Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men in the Journal of Black Psychology: https: //journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0095798420934950

A creative, compelling, and nuanced contribution to the flourishing of black men. Placing blackness at the center of mental health, Grier draws on the words and experiences of black men to demonstrate how care and counseling can promote lives unlimited--and unstrained--by racism, sexism, heteronormativity, homophobia, classism, and religious bigotry.

Nicholas Grier has written a critically important addition to the fields of spiritual care and pastoral theology concerning the care of Black men with his Hope to Keep Going framework. Grounded in current research, his thoroughgoing scholarly yet sensitive approach, using qualitative inquiry as his methodology, affords the practitioner or researcher a wealth of nuanced data from interviews with Black men regarding their lived experiences. This is a much-needed resource for those of us who care about Black men!

From the Publisher

Nicholas Grier has written a critically important addition to the fields of spiritual care and pastoral theology concerning the care of Black men with his Hope to Keep Going framework. Grounded in current research, his thoroughgoing scholarly yet sensitive approach, using qualitative inquiry as his methodology, affords the practitioner or researcher a wealth of nuanced data from interviews with Black men regarding their lived experiences. This is a much-needed resource for those of us who care about Black men!

Marsha Foster Boyd

Review of Care for the Mental and Spiritual Health of Black Men in the Journal of Black Psychology: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0095798420934950

Brian E. Tross

A creative, compelling, and nuanced contribution to the flourishing of black men. Placing blackness at the center of mental health, Grier draws on the words and experiences of black men to demonstrate how care and counseling can promote lives unlimited—and unstrained—by racism, sexism, heteronormativity, homophobia, classism, and religious bigotry.

Duane R. Bidwell