![]() Any preacher, novice or veteran, will turn from these pages toward the pulpit to speak timely justice, relevant wisdom, and sustaining hope."Įlizabeth M. One can hardly imagine a better introduction-historical and theological, contextually alert and practical-to the deep wisdom to be discovered, or rediscovered, in African American preaching traditions. Reaching into the crucible of African American history and the preaching it evoked, Gilbert crafts a 'trivocal' approach to preaching that incorporates three distinctive accents of the black pulpit: the prophetic, sagely, and priestly voices. "Kenyatta Gilbert gives us in these pages both a remarkably broad historical view of the development of black preaching in North America and an incisive diagnosis of the challenges that preachers within and beyond the African American church must meet today. This will definitely be one of the preaching books discussed by homileticians in 2011 and beyond."Ĭoeditor of Preaching with Sacred Fire: African American Sermons from 1750 to the PresentĬreator of The African American Lectionary ![]() "Finally, something really fresh on African American preaching! Especially relevant for today is Gilbert's discussion on the seven personas of African American preachers. ![]() Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, Somerset, N.JĪuthor of Free: Breaking the Barriers of Financial Slavery Kenyatta Gilbert demonstrates why he is one of the brightest and most creative homiletical minds of his generation." "For the seminarian, pastor, and academic, this deeply moving appeal for more faithful preaching in America could not have been more timely. The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching is a constructive effort to examine the historical contributions of African American preaching, the challenges it faces today, and how it might become a renewed source of healing and strength for at-risk communities and churches. He closely examines the functions of all these strains of African American preaching in churches and communities, provides road maps for recovering one's authentic preaching voice, and highlights preachers who embody this trivocal proclamation style. Gilbert asserts that the survival of both black churches and African America at large is directly tied to recovering this trivocal character of gospel proclamation. African American congregations have long been celebrated as a locus for powerful, prophetic preaching, but at its best they have also embraced a strong pastoral and wisdom dimension as well, what Kenyatta Gilbert calls a "trivocal impulse." Yet African American preaching today is more threatened than ever imagined and must now overcome its own apparent irrelevance in an increasingly pluralistic, postmodern age of intense spiritual and social crisis.
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