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African American Pastors And Their Perceptions Of Professional School Counseling, Krystal L. Freeman
African American Pastors And Their Perceptions Of Professional School Counseling, Krystal L. Freeman
Counseling & Human Services Theses & Dissertations
The Black Church and its pastors are important in the African American community, and influence many aspects of daily life including education. There is a gap in the literature concerning professional school counselors' specific interaction with African American pastors. This phenomenological study examined the experiences of ten African American pastors regarding professional school counseling, including referral, collaboration, and consultation. The results highlighted three emerging themes: school counseling experiences, barriers to collaboration, and clergy-school collaboration. School counseling experiences focused on personal and professional experiences. Barriers to collaboration included themes such as separation of church and state and lack of visibility. Finally, …
And I Heard 'Em Say: Listening To The Black Prophetic, Cameron J. Cook
And I Heard 'Em Say: Listening To The Black Prophetic, Cameron J. Cook
Pomona Senior Theses
This thesis aims to explore how conceptions of the black prophetic tradition, as discussed by thinkers Cornel West and George Shulman, might be expanded into the realm of African American musical traditions and genres. I argue that musical genres like the blues and hip-hop function as an affective discourse that aesthetically, politically and religiously function as sites of resistance to white supremacy and provide alternate pathways to liberation as compared to more canonical instantiations of the black prophetic. In particular I provide close readings of performances and art by Nina Simone and Kanye West.