From the Publisher
"Cedric Johnson is the leading theorist and scholar of prophetic soul care in the country. This sophisticated analysis of the neoliberal age and powerful call for spirit-filled resistance confirms this status. Visionary, courageous, and empowering!" - Cornel West
"This work is historical, theological, and radically contextual. Johnson examines many of the favored theories and perspectives appropriated by pastoral theology in its discourse on care and counseling. He insists that the privilege previously afforded pastoral theologies of care have been without regard for the lived realities of those excluded from the center of theological constructive works. We will not read or write pastoral theology the same after seriously considering the implications of this work." - Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture, Vanderbilt Divinity School, USA
"In this bold piece of scholarship, Johnson assesses the traumatic impact of neoliberalism upon the African American community. Unlike many cultural criticisms that stop at socio-political analysis, he passionately moves to a praxis approach with keen analytical insight and the hope of transformation. This book presents counter-cultural congregational rituals of soul care for healing the traumas and devastations experienced by African Americans." - Lee H. Butler, Jr., Interim Vice President for Academics and Academic Dean, Professor of Theology and Psychology, and Founder, Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life, Chicago Theological Seminary, USA
"This book showcases twenty-first century pastoral theology at its very best. Johnson adopts an inter-disciplinary methodology to address the inter-locking challenges of our day." - Emmanuel Y. Lartey, L. Bevel Jones III, Chair of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, USA
