Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE OVERVIEW -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- GOALS OF THE BOOK -- A SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCY -- THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH AS A CONTEXT OF SOCIALIZATION -- THE CASE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH -- THE ETHNOGRAPHIC-DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY -- AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- CHAPTER TWO The African-American Church and the Socialization of Children's Resiliency -- THE CHURCH AS A CONTEXT OF PARTICIPATION FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHILDREN -- THE CHURCH AS A CONTEXT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ALTERNATIVE BELIEF SYSTEM -- SOME GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN THEOLOGY -- SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AS A PROTECTIVE FACTOR -- SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH STORY TELLING -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THREE Research Strategy -- METHOD -- Research Site -- The Sunday School Staff -- The Pastor -- The Superintendent -- The Teachers -- The Children -- Other Community Members -- Sunday School Classes -- Kindergarten and Primary Classes -- Junior Class -- Intermediate Class -- Procedures -- Entering and Sampling the Sunday School Classes -- Sunday School Observations -- Interviews -- Observations of Other Contexts -- Key Characteristics of the Data Set -- Naturalistic Observational Approach -- Sustained Community Involvement -- Multiple Informants -- Multiple Contexts of Observation -- Multiple Methods -- Multiple Data Collectors -- Rapport Building -- Reliability Checks -- CONCLUSION -- PART TWO PATTERNS OF SOCIALIZATION AND PARTICIPATION -- CHAPTER FOUR African-Americans in Salt Lake City: A Historical and Social Overview -- A BRIEF HISTORY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN UTAH -- THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN UTAHN COMMUNITY TODAY -- THE MORMON CHURCH AND THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY -- MEETING THE CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER FIVE The Teachers.

THE TEACHERS -- Sister Katherine -- Sister Patrice -- Sister Justine -- Sister Ima -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SIX Adults' Perspectives on Spiritual Socialization -- THE INTERVIEWS -- KEY CULTURAL CONCEPTS -- African-American Children Develop within a Racist Society -- Interpersonal Relationships Are Key to Effective Socialization -- The Church Is a Haven -- Spirituality Is Protective -- The Role of Sunday School Is to Help Children to Learn and Then to Apply Biblical Texts -- Storytelling Is an Effective Context for Socialization -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SEVEN Narratives Related during Sunday School -- DATA SET AND RELIABILITY -- STORIES WERE A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE DURING SUNDAY SCHOOL -- EVENTS NARRATED -- Biblical Stories Were Frequently Recounted -- Background -- First Baptist Church -- Personal Experience Stories Were Told in Sunday School -- Background -- First Baptist Church -- Hypothetical Events Were Frequently Narrated -- Background -- First Baptist Church -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER EIGHT Socialization and Participation through Storytelling -- TEACHERS' AND CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION IN NARRATIVES -- Teachers Initiated Narratives -- Children Actively Participated in Narratives -- Call-and-Response Sequences -- Individual Responses -- Spontaneous Contributions -- SOCIALIZATION STRATEGIES FOR LINKING NARRATIVE EVENTS TO EVERYDAY LIVES -- Devices Common to All Classes -- Direct Connections Regarding the Text's Relevance -- Generalizations -- Devices Used Primarily with Older Children -- Figurative Speech -- Play with Roles -- Device Used Primarily with Young Children -- Music -- Devices Used Primarily by Individual Teachers -- Code Switching -- Historical Present -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER NINE Adult-Child Verbal Conflicts -- THE FREQUENCY OF ADULT-CHILD VERBAL CONFLICT -- Background -- First Baptist Church -- CONFLICT INITIATORS -- Background.

First Baptist Church -- TOPIC OF CONFLICT -- Background -- First Baptist Church -- PLAYFUL CONFLICTS -- Background -- First Baptist Church -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER TEN Other Contexts for Socialization and Participation -- KEY WEEKLY EVENTS: THE CHILDREN'S STORY -- Animal Tales -- Famous African-Americans -- Church Etiquette and Christian Behavior -- KEY MONTHLY EVENTS: YOUTH EMPHASIS DAY -- KEY YEARLY EVENTS: CHRISTMAS AND EASTER PROGRAMS, VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL -- The Christmas Program -- Easter Program -- Vacation Bible School -- SPECIAL EVENTS: BAPTISMS AND BLESSINGS -- OTHER WAYS OF RECOGNIZING CHILDREN -- CONCLUSION -- PART THREE RELATIONSHIPS OF RESEARCH AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER ELEVEN The Computer Club -- RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS IN COLLABORATION -- The Goals of the Intervention -- The Physical Context and Logistics -- The Social Context -- The Content of the Intervention -- Conducting the Intervention -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER TWELEVE Enhancing University Students' Understanding and Appreciation of Cultural Diversity -- CROSS-RACE HELPING RELATIONSHIPS -- A FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITATING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF DIVERSITY -- SERVICE-LEARNING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH -- Service-Learning -- Overview of the Course -- University Students' Responses to Service-Learning -- Emotional Valence -- Specific Negative Emotions and the Role of Context -- The Role of Development -- CONCLUSION -- PART FOUR CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Some Final Points -- BELIEF SYSTEMS CAN BE PROTECTIVE FACTORS -- RELIGIOUS SOCIALIZATION AND PARTICIPATION ARE CHILD-SENSITIVE AND GROWTH-ORIENTED -- CHILDREN'S PARTICIPATION AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IS STABLE AND CHANGING -- RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ARE INTIMATELY RELATED -- "RESILIENCY" HAS LIMITATIONS -- References -- Index.