Black Preaching: Hear My Cry, Hear My Call brings together homileticians from the church and the academy to discuss the power, promise, and pitfalls of black preaching. Drawing from a range of traditions and perspectives, the nine contributors grapple with key questions about the heart of black preaching, how to articulate its "cry" and "call" now and in the future, how to interact with its rich heritage and complex history, how to engage its hermeneutical, rhetorical, and performative dimensions, and how to avoid current pitfalls and embrace future possibilities.
Author Biography
Jared E. Alcántara is Professor of Preaching, holder of the Paul W. Powell Endowed Chair in Preaching, and director of the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary. His most recent publication is The Challenge of Joseph H. Jackson (2024). Alcántara is a member of the Academy of Homiletics, the Evangelical Homiletics Society, and the Hispanic Theological Initiative. An ordained Baptist minister, he has served churches in Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey.
