Black Preaching: The Recovery Of A Powerful Art by
By focusing on the use of storytelling, imagination, and style of preaching rooted in African-American culture, Mitchell spotlights effective techniques for lively preaching.
The Heart of Black Preaching by
Argues that the extraordinary character of black preaching derives from a distinctive biblical hermeneutic that views God as involved in practical ways in the lives of African Americans. This hermeneutic, he believes, has remained constant since the days of slavery. LaRue analyzes the distinct characteristics of African American preaching and brings the insights of both theory and practice to bear on this important subject matter.
I Believe I'll Testify: The Art of African American Preaching by
The author offers his own insights into what makes for great preaching.
Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching (Online) by
Acknowledges African American preaching as an academic discipline, and invites all students and preachers into a scholarly, dynamic, and useful exploration of the topic.
Pursued Justice: Black Preaching From the Great Migration to Civil Rights by
Traces the roots of MLK's call for justice to African American prophetic preaching that arose in an earlier moment of American history.
A Mysterious Life and Calling: From Slavery to Ministry in South Carolina (Online) by
Autobiography of the Rev. Charlotte Riley, the first licensed woman preacher in the South Carolina Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Employs extensive biblical text to justify her call to preach the Christian gospel. Riley’s narrative, first published in the early twentieth century, recounts her lived experiences during the nineteenth century and serves as a literary example of biblical exegesis. Extensive footnotes contextualizing scriptural usage.
Prophesying Daughters: Black Women Preachers and the Word, 1823-1913 by
Analyzes the role of biblical interpretation in the narratives of Jarena Lee, Julia Foote, Maria Stewart, and Frances Gaudet. Argues that the authors’ act of writing serves as a type of prophesying and a means to consider speech, travel, and social activism.
Storied Witness: The Theology of Black Women Preachers in 19th-Century America (Online) by
A careful reading of 19th-century Black women preachers' narratives and their texts, both written and spoken, to make explicit their theology. At once a work of religious history, biography, and constructive theology, Storied Witness calls attention to the essential lived witness of Zilpha Elaw, Julia Foote, and Sojourner Truth.
Those Preachin' Women by
Collection of sermons reproduced by fourteen 20th-century black American preaching women, with short biographical sketches. Introduction focuses on women in the ministry.
The Womanist Preacher: Proclaiming Womanist Rhetoric From the Pulpit (Online) by
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?
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