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Reconciliation and Reparation: Preaching Economic Justice
Effective twenty-first-century preaching is prophetic when it addresses closing the income and wealth gap. In the face of growing inequities in the United States and global economies, Rev. Dr. Joseph Evans, Dean of Morehouse University [...]
The Practice of Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
The necessary context of prophetic preaching, Walter Brueggemann argues, is "a contestation between narratives." The dominant narrative of our time promotes self-sufficiency at the national level (through militarism) and the personal level (through consumerism). Opposed [...]
Be My Witness by Marvin A. McMickle
Best-selling author, veteran pastor and professor, and now president of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rev. Dr. Marvin McMickle returns to his passion for preaching in this new book, which explores the Great Commission as [...]
How To Preach A Dangerous Sermon by Frank A. Thomas
Learn to use four characteristics of "preaching with moral imagination" to proclaim freedom for all. The author describes the four characteristics using examples like Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Prathia Hall, and [...]
Preaching with Sacred Fire by Martha Simmons
One hundred sermons that display the victorious, although sometimes painful, historical and spiritual pilgrimage of black people in America. A groundbreaking anthology, Preaching with Sacred Fire is a unique and powerful work. It captures the [...]
Exodus Preaching by Kenyatta R. Gilbert
Exodus Preaching is the first of its kind. It is an exploration of the African American prophetic rhetorical traditions in a manner that makes features of these traditions relevant to a broad audience beyond the African [...]