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Since September 11 religion has been explicitly connected to most of the major events taking place in the national and international arenas. Seeking to make sense of developments in the world around them, Christians too often find that "help" in how to apply their faith to public issues only comes from those with the loudest agendas. How can thinking Christians seek authentic answers to such questions as America's rightful place in world affairs, or the role of faith in government? Drawing inspiration from Lincoln's description of America as an "almost chosen nation," H. Stephen Shoemaker models a faithful, humble engagement of Christian conviction with the civil affairs. - Publisher

"The value of LGBTQ people voicing the truths of their own lives is nowhere more vital than the realm of Christian preaching. By simply embodying their identities in the pulpit, LGBTQ preachers speak, as Olive Elaine Hinnant observes, a "bold word even before we open our mouths." By acknowledging the gifts of LGBTQ preachers and straight allies through the collection and analysis of ten powerful sermons, Hinnant in this book begins to shape a queer homiletic that can serve both LGBTQ people of faith and their straight allies. Through discussions of the role of coming out in fashioning queer identities, the liberating reading of the Bible by outsiders, the development of queer theology, and the dynamics of preaching itself, Hinnant's work lays the foundation fo0r a robust queer homiletic."—from the preface by Mary A. Tolbert

Contents:Contextual approaches to preaching -- Globalization and the context for preaching -- Humanization and transcontextual preaching -- Transcontextual hermeneutics -- Negotiating diversity: the rhetoric of appeals -- Sermons.

Contents:The culture shock of preaching -- Aiming toward contextual preaching -- Exegeting the congregation -- Preaching as local theology -- Preaching as folk art.

Contents:Introduction: In search of testimony and a preaching tradition -- pt. 1. Waking Up the Details: Stories of Testimony: -- 1. Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643) -- 2. Sarah Osborn (1714-1796) -- 3. Jarena Lee (1783-?) -- pt. 2. Waking Up the Secrets: Theories of Testimony: -- 4. True speech in the mother tongue: Paul Ricoeur and Walter Brueggemann -- 5. Making trouble and making good news: Mary McClintock Fulkerson and Rebecca Chopp -- pt. 3. Waking Up the Preacher: Practicing Testimony: -- 6. The wide-awake preacher: living into the tradition -- 7. The wide-awake sermon: preaching in the tradition.

Contents:Introduction -- Part I: Around the Púlpito, Hispanic Homiletic Theory -- 1. Building the Púlpito / Pablo A. Jiménez -- 2. Issues at the Púlpito / Justo L. González -- 3. The Bible at the Púlpito / Pablo A. Jiménez -- 4. Standing at the Púlpito / Justo L. González -- Part II: At the Púlpito, Hispanic Homiletic Practice -- 5. Child of God (Luke 1:57-66) / Minerva G. Carcaño -- 6. True worship (Isa. 1:1-2, 1020; Ps. 50:1-8, 22-23; Heb. 11:1-16; Luke 12:32-40) / Elizabeth Conde-Frazier -- 7. Seven last words / Virgilio Elizondo -- 8. Of figs and grapes (Luke 13:1-9) / Justo L. González -- 9. Called to cheat (Luke 16:1-13) / Justo L. González -- 10. The past of our future (Col. 1:15-20) / Pablo A. Jiménez -- 11. The pearl (Matt. 13:45-46) / Pablo A. Jiménez -- 12. Come to the Jordan moments (Luke 3:21-22) / Joel N. MartÍnez -- 13. The spirituality of the cross (Matt. 10:5a, 34-42) / Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz -- 14. Sacrifice on Mount Moriah (Gen. 21:1-2) / Roberto A. Riversa.

Catherine Brekus tells the story of several generations of women - both white and African American - who struggled to forge an enduring tradition of female religious leadership in colonial and antebellum America. Piecing together evidence from a wide range of sources, including religious magazines and newspapers, clergymen's autobiographies, church records, and female preachers' own memoirs and letters, she examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Focusing on the lives of these forgotten women, Brekus explores the changing meaning of femininity after the American Revolution, the growth of religious freedom, the conservatism of evangelical revivals, the upheaval wrought by the market revolution, the popularity of apocalyptic beliefs, and the fragility of historical memory.—Publisher

Contents:The shaking of the foundations -- The impossible chess match -- Road hazards -- Fellow pilgrims -- Interlude. Howl: Job and the whirlwing -- Walking through the valley of the shadow.

Contents:Harry Emerson Fosdick's timeless question / Mike Graves -- What is the matter with preaching? / Harry Emerson Fosdick -- Showing mercy / David L. Bartlett -- A fearful pulpit, a wayward land / David Buttrick -- A lover's quarrel with preaching / Ernest T. Campbell -- Preaching : an appeal to memory / Fred B. Craddock -- Not what, but who is the matter with preaching? / Marva J. Dawn -- Put away your sword! : taking the torture out of the sermon / Anna Carter Florence -- God of grace and glory : the focus of our preaching / Mike Graves -- Two ships passing in the night / Cleophus J. LaRue -- No news is bad news / Thomas G. Long -- What progress!? / Eugene L. Lowry -- The weekly wrestling match / Barbara Brown Taylor.