{"product_id":"nurturing-sanctuary-9781433125980","title":"Nurturing Sanctuary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow are predominantly African American churches meeting the needs of young people? What resources of, and tensions in, faith leadership are shaping answers to this and other related questions? \u003ci\u003eNurturing Sanctuary\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes ways in which the two most vital institutions of the Black experience  families and churches  are working with schools and health providers to respond to contemporary challenges and improve the twenty-first century life chances of African Americans and others. Data were generated from a four-year collaboration of eighteen churches, public health professionals, service learning students, and an interdisciplinary team of researchers. Eighty parents and pastors, and over 400 teenagers in a large, Midwestern city specified strategies of action in their daily lives and how they use them to respond, more and less successfully, to their many life challenges. Nurturing Sanctuary explores three capacity-building themes that emerged and critiques diverse Sacred and secul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Community Capacity Building in an Age of Faith? Pedagogy and Tensions of Nurturing Sanctuary – Service Learning in the Faith and Health of African American Youth – Reflecting Faith: Service Learning and Community-Engaged Pedagogy – The Erotic in the Faith Socialization of Black Churches – Strengthening the Bridge Between Us: Intergenerational Capacity Building in Contemporary Black Faith – Community Capacity Building Toward Nurturing Sanctuary – Epilogue: A Conversation with Pastor Orinda Hawkins Brinkley.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039570985303,"sku":"9781433125980","price":111.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433125980.jpg?v=1750944125","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nurturing-sanctuary-9781433125980","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}