The journey and promise of African American preaching /
The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching is a constructive effort to examine the historical contributions of African American preaching, the challenges it faces today, and how it might become a renewed source of healing and strength for at-risk communities and churches. --from publisher...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©2011. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching is a constructive effort to examine the historical contributions of African American preaching, the challenges it faces today, and how it might become a renewed source of healing and strength for at-risk communities and churches. --from publisher description. In many communities, both black megachurches and storefront congregations have been infected by a so-called prosperity gospel, far removed from the liberatory gospel that has been a mark of the black church since the earliest incarnation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and most celebrated in the preaching and oratory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This book examines all these strains of African American preaching and points to a theologically and socially responsible renewal of black churches and their pastoral, prophetic, and wisdom functions in their communities. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 170 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-165) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781451412536 1451412533 |