{"product_id":"is-it-a-sermon-art-activism-and-genre-fluidity-in-african-american-preaching-9780664266875","title":"Is It a Sermon?: Art, Activism, and Genre Fluidity in African American Preaching","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs It a Sermon?\u003c\/em\u003e is an informative and daring call to blur the boundaries of the sermon genre, exploring the \"shoreline\" of homiletics, or the place where preaching laps up against other modes of discourse. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Donyelle McCray explores how preaching merges with prayer, song, performance, and activism--the gospel dancing in and out of the forms we create for it. Consider the sermonic performance of Isaiah walking naked and barefoot for three years, the deaconess whose morning prayer rhythmically flows into sermon, or the gospel soloist who pauses in her song to tell a story or break into a sermonette. McCray is interested in the possibilities that emerge when we play at the shoreline, and she questions what modes of preaching get overlooked due to genre classifications. She seeks to discover what we might learn from these shoreline preachers about bearing witness, enacting Scripture, and listening to life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile these questions could be explored generally, McCray focuses on African American preachers who play at the boundaries of the sermon genre, with attention to how genre fluidity provides a means of drawing on ancestral wisdom. Key figures like Mahalia Jackson, Harriet Powers, Rosie Lee Tomkins, Thea Bowman, Howard Thurman, and Toni Morrison are examined as artists, activists, and proclaimers. She shines a new light on their work and points out how they reform preacherly identities and refuse traditional patterns of holding authority. Ultimately, in blurring the boundaries of sermon genre, this book offers readers strategies for embracing their voices more fully within and beyond the pulpit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16872758\"\u003eDonyelle C. McCray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westminster John Knox Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780664266875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0664266878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL080000\"\u003eChristian Ministry | Preaching\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Westminster John Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48462901084397,"sku":"9780664266875","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_a41f2a5e-c6ad-4798-8c9d-e64f975231d6.jpg?v=1753712668","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/is-it-a-sermon-art-activism-and-genre-fluidity-in-african-american-preaching-9780664266875","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}