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 disabilitiesMartin Brokenieg—Native AmericansTeresa Fry Brown—African AmericansEleazar Fernandez—Filipino AmericansJusto Gonzalez—HispanicsEunjoo Mary Kim—Korean AmericansStacy Offner—JewsChristine Marie Smith—lesbians and gaysThis 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.
Acknowledgments vi
Contributors vii
Introduction: The Craft and Act of Preaching Justice 1
1 A Perspective of the Disabled: Transforming Images of God, Interdependence, and Healing Kathy Black 6
2 A Native American Perspective: "That The People May Live" Martin Brokenleg 26
3 An African American Woman's Perspective: Renovating Sorrow's Kitchen Teresa Fry Brown 43
4 A Filipino Perspective: "Unfinished Dream" in the Land of Promise Eleazar S. Fernandez 62
5 A Hispanic Perspective: By the Rivers of Babylon Justo L. Gonza´lez 80
6 A Korean American Perspective: Singing a New Song in a Strange Land Eunjoo Mary Kim 98
7 A Jewish Perspective: Pursuing Justice through Knowledge of Self and Others Stacy Offner 116
8 A Lesbian Perspective: Moving toward a Promised Place Christine Marie Smith 134
Conclusion: Images of Resistance and Hope 154
Notes 159
Overview
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 disabilitiesMartin Brokenieg—Native AmericansTeresa Fry Brown—African AmericansEleazar Fernandez—Filipino AmericansJusto ...