Preaching Liberation

Preaching Liberation

Author: James H. Harris

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781451410440

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For all preachers who take seriously the church's role as a catalyst of social and spiritual transformation, James Harris advocates the salient features of liberation preaching, especially as exemplified in black-church settings.


Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

Author: James Haskins

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781566491921

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Featuring stirring sermons by the greatest African-American preachers in history, and accompanied by a CD containing recordings of the sermons, this volume is a tribute to their immeasurable and timeless wealth of traditions and feelings.


Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2

Author: Ronald J. Allen

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-07-05

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1725259648

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Preaching the Manifold Grace of God is a two-volume work describing theologies of preaching from the historical and contemporary periods. Volume 1 focuses on historical theological families: Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican/Episcopal, Wesleyan, Baptist, African American, Stone-Campbell, Friends, and Pentecostal. Volume 2 focuses on families that are evangelical, liberal, neo-orthodox, postliberal, existential, radical orthodox, deconstructionist, Black liberation, womanist, Latinx liberation, Mujerista, Asian American, Asian American feminist, LGBTQAI, Indigenous, postcolonial, and process. In each case, the author describes the circumstances in which the theological family emerged, describes the purposes and characteristics of preaching from that perspective, and assesses the strengths and limitations of the approach.


Youthful Preaching

Youthful Preaching

Author: Richard Voelz

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2016-01-21

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1625645333

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What if adolescents aren't bored with preaching? What if they have and are interacting with preaching in complex, various ways that have escaped the attention of adult listeners and preachers? What if their own preaching informed the ways adults think about Christian faith and theories/practices of preaching? While much recent discussion in preaching revolves around underrepresented groups, the relationship between adolescent youth and preaching remains largely unexplored. Youthful Preaching brings youth into contemporary conversations about preaching by listening to their voices and by advocating for communities of faith and practice to seek ways to reimagine, renew, and strengthen the relationships between youth, adults, and preaching.


Preaching Racial Justice

Preaching Racial Justice

Author: Heille, Gregory

Publisher: Orbis Books

Published: 2023-09-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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"This edited volume conveys the urgency of Christian antiracism preaching from ecumenical, intercultural, and intergenerational perspectives"--


Go Preach!

Go Preach!

Author: Brian K. Blount

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13:

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Go Preach! connects the apocalyptic message of Mark's Gospel to principles and programs of socio-cultural transformation in the life of the Black church today. Brian Blount begins his study of Mark by examining the social significance of Jesus' proclamation of the coming Kingdom of God. This was a future event that was at the same time breaking through in the present. Through Jesus, "God's future power invaded and transformed the human present." This experience of the Kingdom empowered the disciples to "Go preach" the Kingdom message in word and deed, to finish the story that Marks narration about Jesus began. Blount goes on to show that the Black church occupies a situation analogous to that in which the Gospel arose, and explores the implications of apocalyptic theology for the pastoral mission of the Black church today. Go Preach! makes an important contribution to understanding the meaning of the Kingdom of God. At the same time it also demonstrates the value of a sociolinguistic approach to scripture, both in interpreting the text in its original context and in unpacking its meaning for today. It is required reading for biblical scholars, students, and clergy.


Lament-Driven Preaching

Lament-Driven Preaching

Author: Eliana Ah-Rum Ku

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-03-04

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1666774332

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This book challenges Christian communities to engage in lament--a mode of existence characterized by impassioned expression, witnessing, and personal or social protest in the face of evil and injustice, reflecting a profound yearning for God's saving presence. Divine lament responds to, and expresses solidarity with, human suffering, unveiling multiple facets of God's image and demonstrating a profound sense of divine compassion. Drawing on the Book of Lamentations, Korean concepts related to suffering (han and hanpuri), the Paschal Triduum narratives, and recent homiletic discourses on suffering, the author investigates how complex issues related to grief and hope can be addressed in preaching without diminishing the harsh reality of affliction. Designed to assist preachers, this book encourages a more intentional approach to addressing suffering, specifically by advocating for lament as a transitional space between affliction and hope. Furthermore, readers are invited to contemplate the significance of the church, which, within a world in decline, embodies the body of Christ, manifesting both the demise and resurrection of God.


Prophetic Preaching

Prophetic Preaching

Author: Leonora Tubbs Tisdale

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 0664233325

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Where have all the prophets gone? And why do preachers seem to shy away from prophetic witness? Astute preacher Leonora Tisdale considers these vexing questions while providing guidance and encouragement to pastors who want to recommit themselves to the task of prophetic witness. With a keen sensitivity to pastoral contexts, Tisdale's work is full of helpful suggestions and examples to help pastors structure and preach prophetic sermons, considered by many to be one of the most difficult tasks pastors are called to undertake.


Taking Up Preaching

Taking Up Preaching

Author: Blayne A. Banting

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2023-07-21

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1666771759

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As the complexity of our world increases exponentially, there is need for preachers to understand their identities and roles in this new reality and to navigate the landscape of the new challenges facing the contemporary church. Blayne Banting offers seasoned reflections on how contemporary preachers can build upon what cannot change in ways that frees them to practice their ministries creatively in ways which must change.


Religious Education in the African American Tradition

Religious Education in the African American Tradition

Author: Kenneth H. Hill

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0827232845

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Schweitzer?s goal in this book is to explore what postmodernity actually means for theology and how theology and the church may respond to its challenges. He focuses on the life cycle as it is changing with the advent of postmodernity, looking sequentially at segments of the life cycle using different lenses: modernity, postmodernity, and responses from church and theology. Schweitzer concludes with a theology of the life cycle.