Vol. 49 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue: Spirituality, Preaching & Bridging Racial Divides: Exploring Black Contemplative Preaching

Published: 2024-12-02

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Special Issue: Spirituality, Preaching & Bridging Racial Divides: Exploring Black Contemplative Preaching

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Articles (Guest Editors: David Schnasa Jacobsen and La Ronda D. Barnes)

Introduction to the Essays of the Consultation on Black Contemplative Preaching

David Schnasa Jacobsen, La Ronda D. Barnes

4-11
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Contemplative Agitator: Tracing the Contours of Pauli Murray’s Black Contemplative Homiletic

Donyelle C. McCray

12-23
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Contemplation, Christian Spirituality, and Pauli Murray: A Response to Donyelle McCray’s “Contemplative Agitator: Tracing the Contours of Pauli Murray’s Black Contemplative Homiletic.”

Claire Wolfteich

24-27
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Spirit, Spoken Word, and the Search for Common Ground: Amanda Gorman as Contemplative Preacher

E. Trey Clark

28-41
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Response to Trey Clark

Donyelle C. McCray

42-45
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Preaching [and Teaching] Thurman’s New Testament Spirituality

Shively T. J. Smith

46-58
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A Call for More Culturally Responsive Reading of Texts: Jamesian Reading of Howard Thurman’s New Testament Spirituality

Eunil David Cho

59-62
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‘A Holy Joy of a Peculiar Kind’: Jarena Lee, Black Contemplative Preaching, and Bridging Racial Divides

Anna Carter Florence

63-73
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Preaching and Writing Bible Scripts A Response to Anna Carter Florence’s "'A Holy Joy of a Peculiar Kind:' Jarena Lee’s Call to Preach the Gospel—and Open Our Minds"

Shively T. J. Smith

74-78
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The Sermon as Essay: James Baldwin as Contemplative Preacher

Frank A. Thomas

79-90
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Response to Frank Thomas, “The Sermon as Essay: James Baldwin as Contemplative Preacher”

D. Quentin Miller

91-94
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A Particular Oneing: Zilpha Elaw as a Model for a 21st Century Womanist Contemplative Homiletic

La Ronda D. Barnes

95-105
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Response to La Ronda Barnes, “A Particular Oneing: Zilpha Elaw as a Model for a 21st Century Womanist Contemplative Homiletic”

Stephanie Paulsell

106-109
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Biblical Studies Book Reviews

Daniel I. Block, Covenant: The Framework of God’s Grand Plan of Redemption Baker Academic, 2021

Jared E. Alcántara

110-111
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Kate Bruce and Liz Shercliff, Out of the Shadows: Preaching the Women of the Bible Wipf & Stock, 2022

Casey Thornburgh Sigmon

112-113
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Thomas G. Long, Proclaiming the Parables: Preaching and Teaching the Kingdom of God Westminster John Knox, 2024

O. Wesley Allen, Jr

114-115
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David M. Stark, Singing and Suffering with the Servant: Second Isaiah as Guide for Preaching the Old Testament Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022

Carolyn J. Sharp

116-117
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Media, Culture, and Identity Book Reviews

Eliana Ah-Rum Ku, Lament-Driven Preaching: Proclaiming Hope amid Suffering Pickwick Publications, 2024

Heejin Choi

118-119
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Practical Theology Book Reviews

Kara K. Root, Receiving This Life: Practicing the Deepest Belonging Fortress, 2023

Matthew D. Love

120
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Dwight Zscheile, Michael Binder and Tessa Pinkstaff, Leading Faithful Innovation: Following God into a Hopeful Future Fortress, 2023

Caroline Smith

121-122
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Theology Book Reviews

Eunjoo Mary Kim. Preaching Jesus: Postcolonial Approaches Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024

Seyeom Kim

123-124
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Matthew V. Novenson. Paul, Then and Now Eerdmans, 2022

David Schnasa Jacobsen

125
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Worship and Liturgy Book Reviews

David O. Taylor, A Body of Praise: Understanding the Role of Our Physical Body in Worship Baker Academic, 2023

Shannon Steed Sigler

126-127
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James White, Introduction to Christian Worship Abingdon, 2023

Hansol Goo

128-129
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