Preaching Black Lives (Matter)
Preaching Black
Lives (Matter)
EDITED BY GAYLE FISHER-STEWART
Copyright © 2020 by Gayle Fisher-Stewart
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Fisher-Stewart, Gayle, editor.
Title: Preaching Black lives (matter) / edited by Gayle Fisher-Stewart.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020013561 (print) | LCCN 2020013562 (ebook) | ISBN 9781640652569 (paperback) | ISBN 9781640652576 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Preaching. | Racism--Religious aspects--Christianity--Sermons. | Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity--Sermons. | Anglican Communion--Sermons. | Episcopal Church--Sermons.
Classification: LCC BV4235.S6 P74 2020 (print) | LCC BV4235.S6 (ebook) | DDC 241/.675--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020013561
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020013562
Contents
Introduction to Preaching Black Lives (Matter)
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
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