{"product_id":"introduction-to-the-practice-of-african-american-preaching","title":"Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching","description":"The Introduction to African American Preaching is an important,\ngroundbreaking book. This book acknowledges African American preaching\nas an academic discipline, and invites all students and preachers into a\nscholarly, dynamic, and useful exploration of the topic.\n\nAuthor\nFrank Thomas opens with a “bus tour” study of African American\npreaching. He shows how African American preaching has gradually moved\nfrom an almost exclusively oral to an oral\/written tradition. Readers\nwill gain insight into the history of the study of the African American\npreaching tradition, and catch the author’s enthusiasm for it.\n\nNext\nThomas traces the relationship between homiletics and rhetoric in\nWestern preaching, demonstrating how African American preaching is\ninherently theological and rhetorical.\n\nHe then explores the\nquestion, “what is black preaching?” Thomas introduces the reader to\nmethods of “close reading” and “ideological criticism.” And then\ndemonstrates how to use these methods, using a sermon by Gardner Calvin\nTaylor as his example.\n\nThe next chapter considers the question, “what is excellence in black preaching?”\n\nThe\nnext chapter seeks to create bridges and dialogue within the field of\nhomiletics, and in particular, the Euro-American homiletic tradition.\nThe goal of this chapter is to clearly demonstrate connections between\nthe African American preaching tradition and the field of homiletics.\n\nThomas\nnext turns to questions about the relevancy of the church to the\nMillennial generation. Specifically, how will the African American\nchurch remain relevant to this generation, which is so deeply concerned\nwith social justice?\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1501818945\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1501818945.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thomas, Frank A.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43320426004541,"sku":"BVV.1501818945.A","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/introduction-to-the-practice-of-african-american-preaching","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}