Keeping the Faith

by Haskins, James

• ISBN13: 9781566491921
• ISBN10: 1566491924
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Welcome Rain

Summary

Keeping the Faith is a tribute to the immesurable and timeless wealth of traditions and feelings the African-American preachers have given us through the centuries. This remarkable collection invites the reader to share the joys and woes, insights and inspirations of a group of men and women who were and are the bedrock of African-American faith and culture.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	9	(2)
Preface	11	(6)
Introduction
Maya Angelou
They Opened Their Hearts to the Lord. They Opened Their Mouths to Anyone Who Would Listen.	17	(2)
A Question Out of the Darkness	19	(8)
Gardner C. Taylor
The Sermon	27	(10)
C.C. Lovelace
Lock-Jaw Lions: Daniel in the Lion's Den	37	(8)
Wyatt Tee Walker
Faith in a Foreign Land	45	(20)
Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.
Holding On to Your Song	65	(10)
W. Franklyn Richardson II
A Thanksgiving Sermon	75	(12)
Absalom Jones
Living With Change	87	(8)
Gardner C. Taylor
Wisdom in Work	95	(8)
Carol Ann North
Prayer Power: Jesus On the Mainline	103	(10)
Wyatt Tee Walker
Calling for the Order of the Day	113	(10)
Katie G. Cannon
The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest	123	(12)
C.L. Franklin
A Good Soldier: A Eulogy of Clarence Lavaughn (C.L.) Franklin	135	(14)
Jasper Williams, Jr.
The Road That Leads to Wholeness	149	(12)
W. Franklyn Richardson II
The Still Small Voice of Calm	161	(10)
Frederick Boyd Williams
Tributes to Genius: Eulogy of Howard Thurman	171	(10)
Lerone Bennett Jr.
Jesse Jackson
Vernon Jordan
Go Down, Death	181	(6)
James Weldon Johnson
Transformed Nonconformist	187	(12)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Eulogy of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.: A Warrior for Justice	199	(12)
Samuel Dewitt Proctor
Keep the Faith Baby!	211	(4)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
About the Contributors	215	(8)
Credits	223