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Edited by Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Jun/2020, 304 Pages, PAPERBACK, 6 x 9
ISBN-13: 9781640652569
Winner of a Gold Medal - 2021 Illumination Book Awards
Preaching Black Lives (Matter) is an anthology that asks, “What does it mean to be church where Black lives matter?”
Prophetic imagination would have us see a future in which all Christians would be free of the soul-warping belief and practice of racism. This collection of reflections is an incisive look into that future today. It explains why preaching about race is important in the elimination of racism in the church and society, and how preaching has the ability to transform hearts. While programs, protests, conferences, and laws are all important and necessary, less frequently discussed is the role of the church, specifically the Anglican Church and Episcopal Church, in ending systems of injustice. The ability to preach from the pulpit is mandatory for every person, clergy or lay, regardless of race, who has the responsibility to spread the gospel.
For there’s a saying in the Black church, “If it isn’t preached from the pulpit, it isn’t important.”
GAYLE FISHER-STEWART is an Episcopal priest and interim rector at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Washington, DC. She has been involved in the valuing of diversity and black lives for over forty years. She has taught and preached nationally, both in and out of the church. She is a Christian educator and activist; her most recent work was published by Anglican Theological Review.
Paul Roberts Abernathy
Claudia Marion Allen
Jennifer Amuzie
Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
Antonio J. Baxter
Nathan D. Baxter
Tempie D. Beaman
Walter Brownridge
Mariann Edgar Budde
Kevin Burdet
Staci L. Burkey
Nicole D.
Kelly Brown Douglas
Laura Evans
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Marlene Eudora Forrest
Charles D. Fowler III
Wilda C. Gafney
Morgan G. Harding
James C. Harrington
Vincent Powell Harris
MaryBeth Ingram
Peter Jarrett-Schell
F. Willis Johnson
Mike Kinman
Ginny Klein
Steve Lawler
Charles Michael Livingston Jr
Monai Lowe
Sandra T. Montes
Deniray Mueller
Rebecca S. Myers
Kevin C. Pinckney
Judith Rhedin
Gene Robinson
Glenice Robinson-Como
Cara Rockhill
Jamie Samilio
Ruth McMeekin Skjerseth
Carolyne Starek
Rebecca Steele
Rob Stephens
Frank A. Thomas
Kwasi Thornell
Shayna J. Watson
Alissa Williams
Beginning Words
Kwasi Thornell
Introduction to Preaching Black Lives (Matter)
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
PART I. Preaching Black Lives Matter
1. Introduction: Is There a Word from the Lord?
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
2. Just a Few Thoughts (Questions, Really) on Race
Paul Roberts Abernathy
3. Christmas: A Season of Peace?
Nathan D. Baxter
4. Demons
Tempie D. Beaman
5. Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Africans in British North America
Walter Brownridge
6. Disturb Us, O Lord
Marlene Eudora Forrest
7. Strategies of Resistance
Wilda C. Gafney
8. Listening for Black Lives: A Sermon to Myself and My White Colleagues
Peter Jarrett-Schell
9. The Pilgrimage
Rebecca S. Myers
10. Which Is It? The Tower of Babel or the New Commandment?
Kevin C. Pinckney
11. Samaritan Sunday
Gene Robinson
12. What Does the Lord Require?
Glenice Robinson-Como
13. The Wall of Whiteness
Cara Rockhill
14. The Absent God
Rob Stephens
Reflection Questions
PART II. Advocating for Black Lives
15. From the Trenches: Advocating for Black Lives (Matter)
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
16. Activists and Churches
Jennifer Amuzie
17. Our Duty to Preach #BlackLivesMatter
Claudia Marion Allen
18. Why Are We So White? Being a Black Bishop in a Diocese That Wants to Dismantle Racism
Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows
19. Real Presence and How it Makes Black Lives Matter (Black LGBTQ)
Antonio J. Baxter
20. Leading as if Black Congregations Matter
Mariann Edgar Budde
21. I’m Searching
Kevin Burdet
22. A Call for the Church to Embrace All, Unconditionally
Nicole D.
23. Multicultural or Multiracial?
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
24. Drinking the Kool-Aid
Morgan G. Harding
25. From the Protest Line: Why Are You There?
James C. Harrington
26. Following Jesus While Black
Vincent Powell Harris
27. Preaching from the Margins
F. Willis Johnson
28. Why Are You Throwing Yourself on This Fire?
Mike Kinman
29. I Am a White Guy
Steve Lawler
30. Church and Trauma
Charles Michael Livingston Jr.
31. Between the Pews
Monai Lowe
32. Welcoming or What?
Sandra T. Montes
33. Acknowledging White Privilege
Deniray Mueller
34. Books and Their Covers
Jamie Samilio
35. From Blackface to Black Panther: The Impact of Pop Culture in the Black Lives Matter Movement
Shayna J. Watson
36. Adventism and White Supremacy
Alissa Williams
Reflection Questions
PART III. Teaching for Black Lives
37. Can I Be Black and Episcopalian?
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
38. Transformative Theological Education When Race Matters: The Work Our Soul Must Do
Kelly Brown Douglas
39. Travel for Black Lives
Gayle Fisher-Stewart
Four Days in Alabama / Staci L. Burkey
A Reflection / Laura Evans
Reflections on Our Pilgrimage to Alabama / Ginny Klein
Reflecting / MaryBeth Ingram
Alabama / Judith Rhedin
Pilgrimage / Ruth McMeekin Skjerseth
A Journey / Carolyne Starek
40. The Pain of Racism
Charles D. Fowler III
41. Black History
Rebecca Steele
42. The Browning of Theological Education
Frank A. Thomas
Reflection Questions
Contributors