Dr. James A. Lewis has written for us an incisive and insightful account of the dilemmas facing the African-American family and offers constructive suggestions of how we may build strong Christian families in the twenty-first century.
Anchoring this study in history and cultural studies, he demonstrates how fragile the family has become in the United States of America. Root causes for the assault on the family are poverty, low self-esteem, low educational achievement and an expectation in many of our schools that African-American children will fail. History and society have dealt the African-American family a harsh blow and the person in whom this is expressed most fully is the African-American male.
This book is required reading for pastors, theological students and all persons who have a vested interest in the health of the African-American family. This study is excellent for groups that want to work for the empowering of the family.
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