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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Villages and Anchor Institutions | |
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| The Autobiography of a Village | |
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| Naming Our Pain | |
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| Enduring Institutions | |
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| Shock Docs Don't Work | |
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| Responses to the Emerging Crisis | |
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| The Improvement Industry | |
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| Cross-Referencing as a Clue to Collaboration | |
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| How This Book Is Different | |
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| Families: A Crisis of Commitment | |
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| What Everyone Should Know about Black Families | |
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| What's Wrong? | |
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| Cosby's Call and Our Response | |
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| Healthy Relationships and Commitments | |
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| Healthy Dating | |
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| Healthy Marriages | |
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| Healthy Parenting | |
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| Healthy Same-Gender Relationships | |
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| What's Right? | |
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| A Complex Message on Family Values | |
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| Resources for Renewing a Culture of Healthy Dating, Relationships, and Marriages | |
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| Recommendations from Clergy | |
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| Supporting Healthy Fathers | |
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| A Final Note on Love and Commitment | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| Churches: A Crisis of Mission | |
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| What Everyone Should Know about Black Churches | |
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| What's Wrong? | |
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| The Prosperity Movement | |
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| Large Men, Little Dreams | |
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| Leading Village Renewal | |
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| Restoring the Collective Power of Black Churches | |
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| What's Right? | |
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| Franklin Framework | |
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| A Framework for the Spiritual Renewal of the Village | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| Colleges: A Crisis of Moral Purpose | |
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| What Everyone Should Know about Community Education and Black Colleges | |
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| What's Wrong? | |
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| The Crisis of Moral Purpose in Public and Private Education | |
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| The Educational Gap between Males and Females | |
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| The Danger of Detachment and Anonymity | |
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| Acknowledging Crisis Requires Moral Courage | |
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| Village and Public Neglect of Schools | |
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| Addressing the Crisis | |
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| The College President as Chief Ethical Officer | |
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| What's Right? | |
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| The Home as an Ethical Learning Center | |
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| Smart and Good Schools | |
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| Black Colleges and Character Development | |
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| Internal Renewal and Moral Purpose | |
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| Village Accreditation of Schools and Colleges | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Questions for Discussion | |
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| Strategies: Renewing the Village | |
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| What Is to Be Done? | |
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| Ground Zero | |
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| Focused Conversation | |
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| Collaborative Leadership | |
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| Vision and Plan | |
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| Accountability and Action | |
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| Sustaining and Fundraising | |
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| Documenting and Celebrating Progress | |
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| A Sermon on Village Renewal | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |