Tears We Cannot Stop | Michael Eric Dyson

Tears We Cannot Stop | Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Eric Dyson’s Tears We Cannot Stop promises to be “a sermon to White America”—a promise on which Dyson over-delivers. Tears is not merely a sermon; it is an entire liturgy. Whether or not it is truly for White America is, for the time being, an open question. Dyson’s tone and rhetoric often leaves him “preaching to the choir.” But even preaching to the choir has its place in the august history of homiletics. Dyson intentionally locates himself within the great American tradition of jeremiad. Thus, we are not surprised to find Dyson prodding and pleading his readers to return to the path of American holiness.

Preaching and Popular Christianity | James D. Cook

Preaching and Popular Christianity | James D. Cook

Time spent with the 4th century pastor posthumously surnamed “the Golden Mouth” proves a worthy investment for anyone who preaches or who thinks carefully about preaching. In recent decades, studies of Chrysostom’s preaching have focused on what his sermons tell us about the congregation. While this remains a worthy endeavor, James Cook’s Peaching and Popular Christianity shifts the focus back to the role of the pastor and the importance of preaching as a discourse.

The Preacher's Wife | Kate Bowler

The Preacher's Wife | Kate Bowler

Since the Yale historian Perry Miller ushered in the Edwards renaissance resulting in Yale’s twenty-six volume print publication of a number of Edwards’ works and the launch of edwards.yale.edu, where the remaining seventy-three volumes of the Edwards corpus may be accessed—scholars, pastors, and serious lay readers have become acquainted with a number of Edwards’ personas. Edwards is known as America’s theologian, a first-rate philosopher, revival preacher extraordinaire, and, more recently, a premier exegete of the Holy Writ (c.f. Sweeney, Edwards the Exegete).

Edwards the Mentor | Ryhs S. Bezzant

Edwards the Mentor | Ryhs S. Bezzant

Since the Yale historian Perry Miller ushered in the Edwards renaissance resulting in Yale’s twenty-six volume print publication of a number of Edwards’ works and the launch of edwards.yale.edu, where the remaining seventy-three volumes of the Edwards corpus may be accessed—scholars, pastors, and serious lay readers have become acquainted with a number of Edwards’ personas. Edwards is known as America’s theologian, a first-rate philosopher, revival preacher extraordinaire, and, more recently, a premier exegete of the Holy Writ (c.f. Sweeney, Edwards the Exegete).