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African American Cultural Trauma, Alive and Well Courtesy of Segregation within the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United StatesWinsley Hector. It is the author’s belief that the segregated administrative organizations of the SDA Church contributes to a loss of African American identity and meaning, and extends the cultural trauma legacy of centuries of slavery and segregation. By utilizing the sociological theory of cultural trauma, with its emphasis on collective memory and identity, I intend to show that the cultural trauma African American SDA members have in common with the African American population, is compounded by segregation within their church. This segregation reinforces the tortured memories of oppression and violence, seared into the consciousness of African Americans from a bygone era.
Presenters Winsley Hector
(United States)
Ph.D. Student Department of Theology and Personality Claremont School of Theology Winsley Benjamin Hector was born in St. Vincent, West Indies, and grew up in England. Holds a BA in BA in Theology from Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama; a MA in Religion from Newbold College, Bracknell, England; a MS in Marriage & Family Therapy from Fuller Theological Seminar, in Pasadena, CA; and currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Claremont School of Theology majoring in Pastoral Care and Counselling.
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(30 min. Conference Paper,
English)
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