Preaching Justice

Preaching Justice brings together eight very diverse voices from eight distinct cultural/ethnic communities, challenging them to articulate the specific justice concerns, issues, and passions that give rise to a preaching ministry within the their own community and beyond. Theological analyses are offered by theses persons representing their particular communities:

Kathy Black - persons with disabilities
Martin Brokenieg - Native Americans
Teresa Fry Brown - African Americans
Eleazar Fernandez - Filipino Americans
Justo Gonzalez - Hispanics
Eunjoo Mary Kim - Korean Americans
Stacy Offner - Jews
Christine Marie Smith - lesbians and gays

This volume offers a rare vision of what transforms preaching might sound and look like, and urges that all preaching - whatever community it comes from, whatever community it hopes to reach - be grounded in the sacred acts of listening and knowing.


Christine Marie Smith is professor of preaching and worship at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, New Brighton, Minnesota. Her Previous books include Weaving a Sermon and Preaching as Weeping, Confession, and Resistance.