Pauli Murray: Selected Sermons and Writings

by Pinn, Anthony B.

• ISBN13: 9781570756467
• ISBN10: 1570756465
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-30
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

Pauli Murray was a bold thinker whose passion for racial justice, equality, and freedom was rooted in a deep and sustaining religious life. A pioneer throughout her life, she was an early activist in the civil rights movement; a professor of law at Brandeis, a poet and author of two acclaimed memoirs, a cofounder of the National Organization of Women; and finally at age 66, the first African-America woman ordained in the Episcopal Church.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction	xix
Part One SERMONS
Section One THE GOSPEL FOR A FALLEN WORLD
1. The Dilemma of the Minority Christian	5	(7)
2. Father's Day Sermon	12	(6)
3. Sermon, January 4, 1976	18	(3)
4. The Gift of the Holy Spirit	21	(5)
5. Sermon, December 25, 1977	26	(3)
6. The Last Judgment	29	(5)
7. Ministry	34	(4)
8. Sermon, December 23, 1979	38	(4)
9. Sermon, June 24, 1979	42	(4)
10. Who Do Men Say I Am?	46	(7)
Section Two ON THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN
11. Out of the Wilderness	53	(5)
12. Sermon on the Ordination of Women	58	(6)
13. Sermon, June 12, 1977	64	(6)
14. Has the Lord Spoken to Moses Only?	70	(6)
15. Mary Has Chosen the Best Part	76	(5)
16. Healing and Reconciliation	81	(7)
17. Gifts of the Holy Spirit to Women I Have Known	88	(7)
18. Sermon, April 22, 1979	95	(5)
19. Exodus	100	(9)
Section Three ON THE STRIVINGS OF THE FAITHFUL
20. In Unity of Spirit	109	(5)
21. The Second Great Commandment	114	(6)
22. Christian Community	120	(5)
23. Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled	125	(5)
24. Salvation and Liberation	130	(7)
25. Atonement	137	(6)
26. Forgiveness without Limits	143	(5)
27. Sermon, August 10, 1980	148	(5)
28. Put Up Your Sword	153	(6)
29. Sermon, May 2, 1982	159	(6)
30. The Prophetic Impulse	165	(5)
31. Sermon, April 3, 1983	170	(5)
32. Sermon, April 29, 1984	175
Part Two LECTURES AND ESSAYS
33. Reflections on the Special General Convention	181	(8)
34. What the Protestant Episcopal Church of the USA Could Be Doing the Next Century: 1975-2075	189	(7)
35. Synthesis: Theology, Feminism and the Law—The Impact upon a Creative Writer	196	(13)
36. Challenge of Nurturing the Christian Community in Its Diversity	209	(10)
37. Law and Religion: Impact on the Relation between the Sexes	219	(17)
38. Minority Women and Feminist Spirituality	236	(9)
Bibliography, compiled by Stephen C. Finley	245