Toward a womanist homiletic
Subtitle: Katie Cannon, Alice Walker, and emancipatory proclamation
By: Donna E. Allen
Series: Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial studies in religion, culture, and social development -- Vol. 13; Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial studies in religion, culture, and social development -- vol. 13.
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Peter Lang Publishing Inc; Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9781433113611; 9781453901816
Subjects: African American authors; Womanist theology; American Sermons; Feministische Theologie; Women authors; Homiletik; Preaching; Schwarze Theologie
Description: The sermon is a major theological voice in the Black church; it carries enormous influence and is traditionally and predominantly a Christian-based theoretical construct. Through the sermon, the preacher negotiates the contours of African American sacred and secular culture. The congregation is invited to examine social morals and values according to the faith claims of the sermon. Toward a Womanist Homiletic builds on the work of Katie G. Cannon and Alice Walker to offer a womanist paradigm for analyzing the sermons of Black women and proposes the content of a womanist homiletic. This womanist homiletic is a foundational construct that includes an examination of theological language, the insights on the 'trans-rational' nature of preaching and the function of embodiment and performed identity in preaching. It also includes insights from a womanist critique of language in Black preaching, particularly the prevalence of derogatory language about women in the sacred rhetoric of Black preaching.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-95).
Table of contents: title: Moving toward a womanist homiletic; title: Pathos, ethos, and embodiment; title: Examination of a womanist preacher's sermonizing.