Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching.

Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching.

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An introduction to and primer on African American preaching.

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Author / Creator: Thomas, Frank A.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Nashville, Tennessee : Abingdon Press, 2016.
Subjects:
African American preaching - History.
Electronic books.
Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • HALF-TITLE PAGE
  • Also by Frank A. Thomas
  • TITLE PAGE
  • COPYRIGHT PAGE
  • DEDICATION
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One: The Bus Tour of the Study of African American Preaching
  • Folk Preaching and Educated Preaching
  • The Paucity of Academic Study of African American Preaching
  • The Study of African American Preaching before Martin Luther King Jr.
  • The Study of African American Preaching after Martin Luther King Jr.
  • African American Women and Womanists
  • Taxonomy of the Study of African American Preaching
  • Chapter Two: Negro Expression, Signifying, and the Rhetoric of African American Preaching
  • The Historical Relationship between Homiletics and Rhetoric
  • Zora Neale Hurston and the Oral Tradition of Black Preaching
  • Signifying and African American Preaching
  • Chapter Three: "It's Alright Now": A Rhetorical Analysis of Gardner C. Taylor's Sermon "His Own Clothes"
  • Characteristics of African American Preaching
  • Black Preaching: Henry H. Mitchell and Cleophus J. LaRue
  • Black Preaching and Rhetorical Criticism
  • Close Reading of "His Own Clothes"
  • Chapter Four: "Keepin' It Real": The Validity of the Existentially Authentic Performance
  • Jay-Z and Criteria for the Real
  • The Logic of the Lyrics
  • The Emotional Truth That Supports the Lyrics
  • The Human Motivation the MC Fills In
  • Getting Even the Smallest Detail Right
  • Chapter Five: The Truth Is Always Relevant: Race and Economics in Contemporary African American Preaching
  • The Truth Is Always Relevant
  • The Civil Rights Movement and the New Movement
  • The Bigger Subjects for Millennials and Gen-Xers
  • Tension Points: The New Movement and the Church
  • The Church and the New Movement
  • Taking the Long View
  • Afterword: "Seven Decades of African American Preaching"by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
  • Selected Bibliography of African American Preaching
  • Appendix A: "His Own Clothes" by Gardner C. Taylor.

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