A Liberating Word

Social Justice Resources for Preachers of the Gospel

Preaching for social justice has been on the run of late in mainline Protestant churches. While some traditions have never lost sight of God's intention to complete creation, crowning it with justice and peace, other traditions have settled for a mess of pottage: therapy, management, and individual spirituality being the chief examples. Yet it doesn't have to be that way. The resources below are given for both pulpit renewal and encouragement. May they strengthen you in moving beyond preaching to the narcissistic pew of our culture to address also God's people and the world God loves so much.

Bibliography

• Brown, Robert McAfee. Unexpected News. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1984.
• Buttrick, David G. Preaching the New and the Now. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998.
• Burghardt, Walter J. Preaching the Just Word. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996.
• Campbell, Charles. The Word Before the Powers. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002.
• Childs, James M. Preaching Justice: The Ethical Vocation of Word and Sacrament Ministry. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity, 2000.
• Coffin, William S. A Passion for the Possible. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993.
• González, Justo L. and Catherine G. The Liberating Pulpit. Nashville: Abingdon, 1994.
• McElvaney, William K. Preaching from Camelot to Covenant. Nashville: Abingdon, 1989.
• Resner, André, ed. Just Preaching: Prophetic Voices for Economic Justice. St. Louis: Chalice, 2003.
  
• Saunders, Stanley and Charles Campbell, eds. The Word on the Street: Performing the Scriptures in the Urban Context. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000.
• Shelp E. and R. Sunderland. The Pastor as Prophet.
• Sider, R. and M. King. Preaching about Life in a Threatening World. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1987.
• Smith, Christine M. Preaching as Weeping, Confession, and Resistance. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1992.
• Smith, Christine M. Risking the Terror: Resurrection in This Life. Cleveland: Pilgrim, 2001.
• van Seters, Arthur, ed. Preaching as a Social Act. Nashville: Abingdon, 1988.
• Wogaman, J. Philip. Speaking the Truth in Love. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998.

Social Justice Links of Help to Preachers

• Bread for the World

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