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Nurturing Sanctuary: Community Capacity Building in African American Churches (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #67) (Paperback)

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Nurturing Sanctuary 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.

About the Author


Townsand Price-Spratlen (PhD, University of Washington) is Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University. He is an urban sociologist who researches historical and contemporary community capacity building. His current focus is analyzing grassroots and faith-affiliated organizations to better understand how faith informs health, well-being, and social justice outcomes.

Product Details
ISBN: 9781433125973
ISBN-10: 1433125978
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Publication Date: July 29th, 2015
Pages: 199
Language: English
Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking