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<p>In Reclaiming the Spirituals, Yolanda Smith encourages and aids contemporary African American churches in reclaiming their full heritage as Africans, African Americans, and Christians-their "triple-heritage" -and invites them to draw upon the wisdom of their rich cultural and spiritual heritage as viable and relevant resources for the development of a model of Christian education that will empower African American Christians as they face the challenges of the twenty-first century.</p> <p>While integrating the three distinctive components of the triple heritage, this model of African American Christian education emphasizes and illuminates the central role of the spirituals and the ways in which their usage shows how the triple-heritage can be appropriated as a broader resource for multicultural approaches in contemporary Christian education.</p> <p>Chapters include:</p> <p>Ain't Dat Good News? Teaching the Triple-Heritage</p> <p>Deep River: Exploring the Triple-Heritage</p>

Author

Smith, Yolanda Y.

Publisher

Pilgrim Press, The/United Church Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780829815511

Subjects

Christian, Education, History