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Paperback Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities Book
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ISBN: 0800638875

ISBN13: 9780800638870

Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities

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Robert M. Franklin provides first-person advice and insight ashe identifies the crises resident within three anchor institutionsthat have played key roles in the black struggle for freedom. Blackfamilies face a "crisis of commitment" evident in the rising rates offather absence, births to unmarried parents, divorce, and domesticabuse or relationship violence.

Black churches face a "mission crisis" as they struggle to servetheir upwardly mobile and/or established middle class "payingcustomers" alongside the poorest of the poor.

Historically black colleges and universities face a crisis of"relevance and purpose" as they now compete for the best studentsand faculty with the broad marketplace of colleges.With clarity and passion, Franklin calls for practical andcomprehensive action for change from within the AfricanAmerican community and from all Americans.

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Awesome book to read

Published by Mattie B. , 4 years ago
I have read a lot of books, but this one start off with not just the problems. It speaks to the individual in ways that you can make change (it starts with yourself, family and then community. We must for the sake of generations rebuild restore the village.

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I received the book in a timely manner and in excellent condition as a new book.

Crisis in the Village

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is an excellent book and all ministers should read it and learn from it! We have problems in our communities. Here's some insight. We can not keep our head in the sand! We must restore our communities. It is up to us! The Church!

How Shall We Sing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
To sing the songs of Zion for Babylonian amusement was offensive to the Jews so they hung their harps and so they did not sing the songs of Zion and so they began to forget Jerusalment. The issue facing the Jews was how to resist assimilation, how to sing the songs of the Lord in a strange land. Dr. Franklin's book is a courageous statement for community renewal for the African American community that also finds itself living in a strange land, these United States. The task before Christians is the same as it was for Jewish who have for millenias faced open hostility of the world. African Americans have faced hostility ever since a slave ship named Jesus brought them to the New World. The task is how to sing the Lord's song in this New World without forgetting the rich heritage of biblical faith that invites young minds into the world of miracle, a world of hope of deliverance. Dr. Franklin's book is a fresh challenge for Christians to renew the covenant of community that started at the foot of Sinai for a liberated people.
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