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The Womanist Preacher

Author : Kimberly P. Johnson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498542067

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The Womanist Preacher by Kimberly P. Johnson Pdf

The Womanist Preacher: Proclaiming Womanist Rhetoric from the Pulpit performs a close textual analysis of five womanist sermons to answer the question: how does womanist preaching attempt to transform/adapt the tenets of womanist thought to make it rhetorically viable in the church? And what is gained and lost in this? The sermons come from five women who are considered exemplars of womanist preaching: Elaine M. Flake, Gina M. Stewart, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Melva L. Sampson, and Claudette A. Copeland. This book takes the first step in womanist scholarship to dissect what is rhetorically going on in womanist preaching, to categorize womanist sermons under the four tenets of womanist preaching, and to then create four rhetorical models that reflect the rhetorical attributes of the four different categories or phrased tenets that Stacey Floyd-Thomas uses to represent Alice Walker’s “womanist” definition.

The Gathering, A Womanist Church

Author : Irie Lynne Session,Kamilah Hall Sharp,Jann Aldredge-Clanton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725274624

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The Gathering, A Womanist Church by Irie Lynne Session,Kamilah Hall Sharp,Jann Aldredge-Clanton Pdf

A womanist church has great power to transform church and society, primarily because womanist theology centers the experiences of Black women while working for the survival and wholeness of all people and all creation. Experiences of the triple oppression of racism, sexism, and classism give Black women an epistemological insight into recognizing injustice and creating solutions that benefit all. The Gathering is unique, the only church founded and identified as “womanist,” applying womanist theology to the full life and worship of a church. The Gathering, a womanist faith community in Dallas, Texas, welcomes all people to partner in pursuing racial equity, LGBTQ equality, and dismantling PMS (patriarchy, misogyny, and sexism), following Jesus in liberating the oppressed and lifting up the marginalized. The Gathering, A Womanist Church tells the story of the birth and ongoing development of a womanist faith community. This book includes personal narratives of people transformed in this community, womanist co-pastors’ sermons informed by their experiences and those of other Black women, and litanies for womanist worship.

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2

Author : Ronald J. Allen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725259621

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Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2 by Ronald J. Allen Pdf

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.

Toward a Womanist Homiletic

Author : Donna E. Allen
Publisher : Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Studies in Religion, Culture, and Social Development
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Preaching
ISBN : 1433113619

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Toward a Womanist Homiletic by Donna E. Allen Pdf

Toward a Womanist Homiletic builds on the work of Katie G. Cannon and Alice Walker to offer a womanist paradigm for analyzing the sermons of Black women and proposes the content of a womanist homiletic.

Arts and Preaching

Author : Sunggu A. Yang
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532648571

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Arts and Preaching by Sunggu A. Yang Pdf

In our highly sensory and interactive age, how might drawing upon various arts--music, film, architecture, dramatic performance, painting, fashion, and more--expand the aesthetic experience and mode of preaching? This book presents a critical, practical answer to the question. As our society becomes more visually oriented, art-seeking, and body-positive, the practice of preaching is likewise challenged to demonstrate the mind-body, word-visual, and artistic proclamation of the Sacred (after all, isn't the writing of the Bible itself highly art-full and aesthetic?). In this book, Sunggu A. Yang, a seasoned preacher and experienced teacher of preaching, encourages preachers to utilize their unique artistic talents as critical sources of theological and homiletical imagination and as hermeneutical-perspectival tools to aid their rigorous exegetical process of interpreting Scripture, eventually toward artistic-holistic sermon composition and delivery. A sample syllabus, included in the appendix, will greatly assist any preaching instructor who wants to offer a creative course on arts and preaching.

A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church Year B

Author : Wilda C. Gafney
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781640655706

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A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church Year B by Wilda C. Gafney Pdf

The next installment in the critically praised lectionary series that focuses on women's stories. In this second volume of the three-volume Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, widely praised womanist bible scholar and priest Wil Gafney selects scripture readings that emphasize women's stories. Focusing especially on the Gospel of Mark, Year B of A Women's Lectionary features Gafney's fresh, inclusive, and thought-provoking translations of every reading, alongside commentary on each reading. Designed for liturgical use or scriptural study, this resource offers a new perspective on the Bible and the liturgical year. "Gafney's paradigm-shifting scholarship will influence biblical preaching and teaching for generations to come." --National Catholic Reporter

Weaving the Sermon

Author : Christine M. Smith
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664250319

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Weaving the Sermon by Christine M. Smith Pdf

Using images connected with the art and craft of weaving, Christine Smith discusses the special vision that women bring to the task of preaching. She looks at the significance of feminist theology, psychology, and philosophy in terms of their impact on the preaching of all men and women. Among other topics, she considers the authority of the preacher, God language, and global feminism.

Lament-Driven Preaching

Author : Eliana Ah-Rum Ku
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666774313

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Lament-Driven Preaching by Eliana Ah-Rum Ku Pdf

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.

Freedom Faith

Author : Courtney Pace
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780820355054

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Freedom Faith by Courtney Pace Pdf

Freedom Faith is the first full-length critical study of Rev. Dr. Prathia Laura Ann Hall (1940–2002), an undersung leader in both the civil rights movement and African American theology. Freedom faith was the central concept of Hall’s theology: the belief that God created humans to be free and assists and equips those who work for freedom. Hall rooted her work simultaneously in social justice, Christian practice, and womanist thought. Courtney Pace examines Hall’s life and philosophy, particularly through the lens of her civil rights activism, her teaching career, and her ministry as a womanist preacher. Moving along the trajectory of Hall’s life and civic service, Freedom Faith focuses on her intellectual and theological development and her radiating influence on such figures as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Marian Wright Edelman, and the early generations of womanist scholars. Hall was one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Churches, USA, was the pastor of Mt. Sharon Baptist Church in Philadelphia, and in later life joined the faculty at the Boston University School of Theology as the Martin Luther King Chair in Social Ethics. In activism and ministry, Hall was a pioneer, fusing womanist thought with Christian ethics and visions of social justice.

Proverbs

Author : Alice Ogden Bellis
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814681473

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Proverbs by Alice Ogden Bellis Pdf

In this volume, Alice Ogden Bellis considers the book of Proverbs as a structural whole, the sages having designed it in such a way as to make positive statements about women and to undercut the negative ones. By grouping Proverbs together around common issues, the reader is called to consider the perennial moral questions of wealth and poverty, diligence and laziness, and integrity and corruption, as well as the relationship among these values. The result is much more complex and has greater depth than the random list of bromides that most of Proverbs is often thought to be. This volume opens up a multi-dimensional spiritual puzzle.

In My Grandmother's House

Author : Yolanda Pierce
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506464725

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In My Grandmother's House by Yolanda Pierce Pdf

What if the most steadfast faith you'll ever encounter comes from a Black grandmother? The church mothers who raised Yolanda Pierce, dean of Howard University School of Divinity, were busily focused on her survival. In a world hostile to Black women's bodies and spirits, they had to be. Born on a former cotton plantation and having fled the terrors of the South, Pierce's grandmother raised her in the faith inherited from those who were enslaved. Now, in the pages of In My Grandmother's House, Pierce reckons with that tradition, building an everyday womanist theology rooted in liberating scriptures, experiences in the Black church, and truths from Black women's lives. Pierce tells stories that center the experiences of those living on the underside of history, teasing out the tensions of race, spirituality, trauma, freedom, resistance, and memory. A grandmother's theology carries wisdom strong enough for future generations. The Divine has been showing up at the kitchen tables of Black women for a long time. It's time to get to know that God.

Feminist Pillar of Fire

Author : Susie C. Stanley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597523820

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Feminist Pillar of Fire by Susie C. Stanley Pdf

Feminist,Ó with its modern interpretation, might not be the word Alma White would have chosen, but there is no doubt that this strong and independent woman fought all the definitions of what a woman was supposed to be at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. When women were mostly consigned to the roles of wife and mother--and bitterly opposed as preachers--Alma White developed into a fierce and successful religious leader. A founder of the Pentecostal Union (later renamed the Pillar of Fire), she found biblical affirmation for her role as prophet and preacher. She was larger than life. A brilliant businesswoman, she was one of the first church leaders to embrace technology with the purchase of multiple radio stations. Alma White was one of those great, landmark American characters out of whom the richest of history is made.

Living the Intersection

Author : Cheryl Jeanne Sanders
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800628527

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Living the Intersection by Cheryl Jeanne Sanders Pdf

Womanism and Afrocentrism are the two most influential currents in contemporary African American culture. Yet are the two compatible? Social ethicist Cheryl Sanders marshals some leading womanist thinkers to take the measure of the Afrocentric idea and to explore the intricate relationship between Afrocentric and womanist perspectives.

Preaching Justice

Author : Christine Marie Smith
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606081426

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Preaching Justice by Christine Marie Smith Pdf

Preaching Justice brings together eight very diverse voices from eight distinct cultural/ethnic communities, challenging them to articulate the specific justice concerns, issues, and passions that give rise to a preaching ministry within the their own community and beyond. Theological analyses are offered by theses persons representing their particular communities: Kathy Black - persons with disabilities Martin Brokenieg - Native Americans Teresa Fry Brown - African Americans Eleazar Fernandez - Filipino Americans Justo Gonzalez - Hispanics Eunjoo Mary Kim - Korean Americans Stacy Offner - Jews Christine Marie Smith - lesbians and gays This volume offers a rare vision of what transforms preaching might sound and look like, and urges that all preaching - whatever community it comes from, whatever community it hopes to reach - be grounded in the sacred acts of listening and knowing.

Preaching and the Personal

Author : J Dwayne Howell
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718842178

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Preaching and the Personal by J Dwayne Howell Pdf

Preaching is a very personal process: a minister or speaker prepares his or her own sermon and presents it to the congregation. Sermons draw upon the Bible as a central source, and the source provides a basis of faith for the believing community. The preaching event is also personal for the individual members of the congregation, who receive the preacher's words, based on a biblical text, in their own unique way. In the synthesis of Biblical text, sermon, and listener response, many testimoniesare present. Preaching and the Personal is a collection of papers that have been presented at the Society of Biblical Literature. These papers encourage and nurture dialogue among scholars who share an interest in the unique theological problems inherent to the relationship between biblical interpretation and proclamation. Preaching and the Personal opens a stimulating dialogue in the field.