Preaching Liberation
Overview
In Preaching Liberation, James Harris advocates the salient features of liberation preaching, especially as exemplified in black-church settings. For all preachers who take seriously the church's role as a catalyst of social and spiritual transformation.
Top Highlights
“Liberation is a precondition of transformation. This means that before one can actually change one’s life situation one needs to be free to do so. The process of transformation begins with a new understanding of consciousness which requires a mental and spiritual transformation.” (Pages 8–9)
“The preacher’s task is to interpret scripture in order to restructure human consciousness.” (Page 9)
“Therefore, liberation preaching deals also with the liberation of the mind, body, and spirit. It enables blacks and whites to deal with racism, classism, and sexism as well as poverty and economic injustice by confronting these issues through actions that will bring about change.” (Page 12)
“should be kerygmatic, that is, centered on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.” (Page 3)
“ transformation of society or of systems that often appear to absorb and nullify individual efforts.” (Page 10)
- Title: Preaching Liberation
- Authors: James H. Harris
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Publication Date: 1995
- Pages: 152