The Heart of Black Preaching

by LaRue, Cleophus James

• ISBN13: 9780664258474
• ISBN10: 0664258476
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

LaRue provides important insights on why black preaching is strong and active, and connects with the real-life experiences of listeners. (Christian)

Author Biography

Cleophus J. LaRue, Ph.D. is Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Search for Distinctiveness in Black Preaching	p. 9
Characteristics of Black Preaching	p. 9
Scripture and Life Experiences	p. 13
A Communal Interpretive Strategy	p. 16
Dynamics of a Black Biblical Hermeneutic	p. 20
The Power Motif in Nineteenth-Century African American Sermons	p. 30
A Hermeneutic of Power in Contemporary African American Sermons	p. 68
The Basic Dynamics of the African American Sermon	p. 114
Power and the Sovereign God	p. 114
The Black Sociocultural Context	p. 120
Varieties of Black Experience	p. 123
Sermons
The Sun Do Move	p. 131
The Destined Superiority of the Negro	p. 138
A Resemblance and a Contrast between the American Negro and the Children of Israel, in Egypt, or the Duty of the Negro to Contend Earnestly for His Rights Guaranteed under the Constitution	p. 147
The Roosevelt-Washington Episode, or Race Prejudice	p. 161
Welcome to the Ransomed	p. 172
The Brotherhood of Man	p. 180
What Makes You So Strong?	p. 184
Unexpected Blessings	p. 192
To Tell the Truth	p. 200
How to Know You Are in the Kingdom	p. 204
Pro-vi-dence	p. 212
Bad Black Dude on the Road	p. 216
If Thou Be a Great People	p. 223
Notes	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 241
Acknowledgments of Copyrighted Material	p. 257
Index	p. 259
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