Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts [Perfect Paperback]

Carlyle Fielding Stewart (Author), III (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0788008552 | ISBN-13: 978-0788008559

This compelling sermons collection explores the art and uniqueness of African-American preaching. Readers will discover the ritual drama and the processes, form and substance of black storytelling that are pivotal elements coloring African-American culture. This is an intriguing, in-depth look into a unique art form.

To fully appreciate the empowering nature inherent in black sermons, Stewart explores the four distinguishing elements that make this genre ""a four-cornered universe."" They are:
Poetic recitation
Imaginative insight
Spiritual pharmacology
Spiritual and social transformation

Stewart presents readers with some of his most captivating sermons, including:
Let It Shine
Advent's ""Invisible"" Man
Take Off the Grave Clothes
African-American Spirituality: The African Gift to America

Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III, earned Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from Chicago Theological Seminary and a Ph. D. From Northwestern University. For the last 13 years he has been pastor of Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, Michigan. Hope Church has received Church Growth awards in the Detroit Conference the last five years, which Dr. Stewart attributes to his development of empowerment ministries. A recipient of the 1993 Circuit Rider Award, he co-founded the Detroit Black United Methodist Scholarship Committee. He is the author of seven books and over 50 journal and newspaper articles.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: CSS Publishing Company (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0788008552
• ISBN-13: 978-0788008559
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,245,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Sampler of African American Preaching, August 7, 2005

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This review is from: Joy Songs, Trumpet Blasts, And Hallelujah Shouts (Perfect Paperback)

Dr. Carlyle Fielding Stewart, III, offers both a didactic lesson on the nature of Black preaching (the first four chapters) and an illustrative smorgasbord of delightful sermonic samples of Black preaching (the final fourteen chapters). For non-Blacks unfamiliar with the nature of Black preaching, the first four chapters succinctly outline and explain the "four corners of the Black preaching universe": poetic recitation, imaginative insight, spiritual pharmacology, and spiritual/social transformation. Each of these are illustrated in the subsequent fourteen sermons which offer wonderful tastes of modern Black sermonizing.

This wonderful little book would have been enhanced with brief introductory comments about each sermon. When was it preached? Which of the four elements are highlighted and how? Of course, without these, the reader enjoys the journey of discovery.

Reviewer: Dr. Robert W. Kellemen is the author of "Beyond the Suffering: Embracing the Legacy of African American Soul Care and Spiritual Direction." He has also authored "Soul Physicians" and "Spiritual Friends."