Ingenuity introduces a theology and practice of Preaching that emerges from the faith and wisdom of black women.
Carpenter Professor of Womanist Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
Rhodes and Leona B.
Townes, Dean and E. -Emilie M.
A must read for anyone committed to faithful excellence in proclaiming the word.
Accessible, thoughtful, probing, pastoral, prophetic--all come together in this text.
Written from the deep well of the spirituality of Black women, Thompson has given us a remarkable guide for what Preaching should be and must be for the times we are in.
With Ingenuity , Lisa Thompson offers deep insights for anyone seeking to enlarge their understanding, their language, and their sense of lived experiences, and offers practical help through In Practice segments for those who preach.
Ingenuity equips readers to negotiate tradition, life experiences, and theological conviction in the creative work that makes way for sacred speech.
They stretch and grow, and this enables them to preach more effectively.
The best preachers understand their own voices and the voices of others.
Without much support from established channels, black women are left to figure it out on their own, and others discern how to preach from a limiting scope.
Preaching has been resourced and taught from a narrow field of cultural or gendered experiences, historically.
Ingenuity introduces a theology and practice of Preaching that emerges from the faith and wisdom of black women
