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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.
Robert M. Franklin is Distinguished Professor of Social Ethics at Emory University. He has also served at the University of Chicago, Harvard Divinity School, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, and the Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, as well as at the Ford Foundation. His prior books from Fortress Press include Liberating Visions: Human Fulfillment and Social Justice in African-American Thought (1990, 0-8006-2392-4) and Another Day's Journey: Black Churches Confronting the American Crisis (1997, 0-8006-3096-3). A frequent commentator on public radio's "All Things Considered" he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
"Robert Franklin is one of the most prophetic leaders and visionary thinkers of his generation. This challenging book warrants our close attention." -- Cornel West "Princeton University"
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