Description: No Longer Bound is about the intersection of reading
comprehension and interpretation that leads to the development of a
powerful and transformative sermon. Reading facilitates the
interpretive process, which is the essence of any sermon. The
sermon is an interpretation of an interpretation and as such
presents itself as a new gospel message. The ability to write and
preach a sermon is an exercise in freedom. The book is grounded in
a narrative theological form that begins with the author's
experience and filters that experience through the lens of
hermeneutic philosophy and theology. Reading and preaching
constitute the thread that runs throughout the book. The book
suggests that the sermon is the philosophic theology of Black
practical religion inasmuch as the Black church is central to
religion and culture. This is a fresh and new understanding of
homiletics, philosophical theology, and interpretation theory that
is intended to produce better preachers and more powerful and
life-changing sermons by all who endeavor to preach. Endorsements:
"James Henry Harris is the only preacher and professor I know who
can so easily blend together in one book the plaintive messages of
American slave songs of the nineteenth century, the rigorous
inquiry of European philosophy of the twentieth century, and the
challenges confronting black preachers in the twenty-first century.
. . . All preachers would do well to read this challenging and
insightful book and apply its lessons to their pulpit ministry "
--Marvin A. McMickle, President and Professor of Church Leadership,
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School "So much more than a great
book on the art of the sermon--and it is that --James Henry Harris
has given us a fully realized theology of dialogue and liberation.
In astonishingly deft and astute ways, he juxtaposes his own
autobiography with commentaries on philosophical theology,
literature, postmodern society, and life in diverse African
American communities. A fine, critical work of narrative art in its
own right, No Longer Bound guides us--issue by issue, question by
question--into the passion of 'preaching as an act of love.'"
--Larry D. Bouchard, Professor of Religious Studies, University of
Virginia "Here is a compelling, multi-leveled account of preaching
in the Black church, integrating biography, Scripture study,
homiletics, philosophy, and theology. Harris tells the story of his
dual African American legacies: of slavery and racism on one side,
and redemptive preaching on the other. He gleans a theology of
preaching from his years as a professor of homiletics, as a pulpit
preacher, and as an activist for civil rights and religious
freedom. . . . It is an intellectually spicy and soulful account of
how preaching the word can liberate the spirit." --Peter W. Ochs,
Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia "This is
a deeply personal book. James Henry Harris weaves threads from his
rich life of ministry and learning, all lived out against the
backdrop of a racially charged land, into a beautiful tapestry of
faithful and courageous preaching. Harris manages to bring a host
of strong thinkers helpfully into the conversation--Cone and
Ricoeur, Derrida and Dubois, and many others--without ever losing
the clear and confident sound of his own voice." --Thomas G. Long,
Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory
University About the Contributor(s): James Henry Harris is
Professor and Chair of Preaching and Pastoral Theology at Virginia
Union University and Senior Minister at the Second Baptist Church,
both in Richmond, Virginia. He is the author of The Word Made Plain
(2004) and Preaching Liberation (1996). He is a recipient of the
Henry Luce III Fellowship in Theology and a past president of the
Academy of Homiletics.
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