Empowering Black Youth of Promise

Sandra L. Barnes is Professor of Sociology of Religion and Human and Organizational Development, Vanderbilt University, USA.Anne Streaty Wimberly is Professor Emerita of Christian Education, Interdenominational Theological Center, USA and Director of the Youth Hope-Builders Academy, USA.

• Introduction. 1. Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmetic… and Religion - Black Church Youth Efforts 2. Village-mindedness as Ideology and Praxis: Afrocentricity and the Youth Experience 3. Sustaining Village-mindedness – Funding Youth Efforts 4. The Fabric of Village-mindedness – Examining Processes, People, Place, and Space Conclusion: Calming Seas and Building Bigger Boats –The Emergence of Black Church Youth Culture