The effects of persistent antiblackness are not without consequence for young Black children. It slowly kills, steals, and destroys the humanity, joy, and spirit of Black children in a phenomenon known as spirit murder. As a consequence, spirit murder is a spiritual problem requiring a spiritual solution. In order for Black children to be whole and well, they need life affirmation and spirit enrichment. As such, we call attention to the religious wealth and spiritual assets developed in the Black Church with the recognition that it has long leveraged faith as a means to combat the ills of anti-Black racism. We theorize religio-spiritual as an amalgamation of religious and spiritual capital and refers to the power that endows young Black children with spiritual knowledges, gifts, capabilities, and skills to not only cope with but challenge the anti-Black racism in their young lives. Limited studies have been conducted on the spiritual assets of the Black community, particularly as they translate to young Black children, necessitating a resurgence in attending to these competencies to further practices, programs, and policies that leverage this distinctive form of capital in service of the larger purpose of struggling toward social and racial justice.

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黑人教会的宗教-精神资本：早期打击反黑人的概念模型


持续的反黑人影响对年幼的黑人儿童并非没有影响。它慢慢地杀死、窃取和摧毁黑人儿童的人性、欢乐和精神，这种现象被称为精神谋杀。因此，灵魂谋杀是一个需要精神解决方案的精神问题。为了让黑人儿童完整健康，他们需要生活的肯定和精神的充实。因此，我们呼吁人们关注黑人教会发展起来的宗教财富和精神资产，并认识到它长期以来一直利用信仰作为打击反黑人种族主义弊病的手段。我们将宗教-精神理论化为宗教和精神资本的融合，指的是赋予年轻黑人儿童精神知识、天赋、能力和技能的力量，不仅可以应对而且挑战他们年轻生活中的反黑人种族主义。对黑人社区的精神资产进行了有限的研究，特别是当它们转化为年轻的黑人儿童时，需要重新关注这些能力，以进一步利用这种独特形式的资本来服务于争取社会和种族正义的更大目标。