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African American Books at the Chicago Book Expo 2000 |
J. Wendell Mapson Jr., The Ministry of Music in the Black Church, ISBN: 0-8170-1057-2, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Evaluates the heritage and theological relevance of African American music and suggests how pastors can use music effectively to enhance worship.
Wyatt Tee Walker, Somebody’s Calling My Name, ISBN: 0-8170-0980-9, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Traces the musical expressions of the black religious tradition from its ancestral roots in Africa to its influences upon the black religious experience today.
James O. Stallings, Telling the Story Evangelism in Black Churches, ISBN: 0-8170-1124-2, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Challenges African American churches to recapture the power of their evangelistic heritage and to carry on their rich oral tradition.
Susan D. Newman, With Heart and Hand The Black Church Working to Save Black Children, ISBN: 0-8170-1223-0, price: $10.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: A must read for those who want to make a difference in the lives of the children in their community.
A. Lee Henderson, The Souls of Black Folk, ISBN: 1-58139-001-7, price: $9.99, pages: 222, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: First published in 1903, this seminal work has enjoyed renewed popularity as the world increasingly pays homage to one of the founding sons of the Civil Rights movement.
A. Lee Henderson, Retro Racism, ISBN: 1-58139-000-9, price: $9.99, pages: 144, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: As fresh as if ripped from the front pages of today’s news, Retro Racism examines the nation and finds that despite the blood of the martyrs, and the progress of political activism, the new millennium is still plagued by rampant racism.
Dennis C. Dickerson, The Confessions of Nat Turner, ISBN: 1-58139-005-X, price: $4.99, pages: 80, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Nat Turner. The name spread fear among white slave holders throughout the South for he had led one of the bloodiest slave insurrections and had defied capture long after the local militia had taken back control.
The Jefferson Bible, ISBN: 1-58139-002-5, price: $10.99, pages: 176, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Despite being publically silent as to his faith and religious practice because of fear that no matter what his belief was it would be used against him, Jefferson saw himself a true Christian.
Kenneth Hill, Up from Slavery, ISBN: 1-58139-004-1, price: $12.99, pages: 352, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Washington, a perennial promoter, welcomed any opportunity to address the public especially the moneyed white public who might donate to Tuskegee.
Dennis C. Dickerson, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, ISBN: 1-58139-003-3, price: $9.99, pages: 160, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Written to preserve his claim of being a former slave, Douglass’ Narrative was enormously popular.
Frances E. W. Harper, Iola Leroy, ISBN: 1-58139-009-2, price: $9.99, pages: 224, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Iola Leroy is the story of a young octoroon woman who escapes slavery and locates the family from whom she has been separated. She refuses to pass for white and asserts her independence by declaring that she is going to join the great rank of bread-winners.
Charles W. Chestnut, The Marrow of Tradition, ISBN: 1-58139-010-6, price: $10.99, pages: 288, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: In order to expose raw feelings about seeing first hand Southern white oppression of blacks, Chestnut, in Marrow, writes about a fictitious town of Wellington in which the town folk's hypocrisy and deception inevitably leads to a bloody confrontation between blacks and whites.
Dennis C. Dickerson, The Sport of the Gods, ISBN: 1-58139-011-4, price: $9.99, pages: 180, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Of the four novels Dunbar wrote, only The Sport of the Gods deals principally with African American characters.
Dennis C. Dickerson, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, ISBN: 1-58139-007-6, price: $9.99, pages: 224, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: The Autobiography, the unfinished personal account of Franklin’s life, is a rich treasure of wit, philosophy, and history.
Dennis C. Dickerson, The Autobiography and the Ana of Thomas Jefferson, ISBN: 1-58139-008-4, price: $9.99, pages 256, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing Inc., Description: Covers his childhood and early political life up until his appointment as Secretary of State by George Washington.
Elbert Hubbard, A Message to Garcia, ISBN: 1-58139-018-1, price: $5.99, pages: 96, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: Tells about Lt. Rowan who carries a message tot he Cuban resistance during the Spanish-American War.
Olive Gilbert, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, ISBN: 1-58139-006-8, price: $8.99, pages: 128, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: Tells of the truth’s thirty years of bondage in New York and of the mystical revelations that inspired her to become one of the most passionate spokesperson for the abolitionist.
William Wells Brown, Clotel, ISBN: 1-58139-019-X, price: $9.99, pages: 224, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: The devastating impact of slavery and racism.
Rev. Thomas W. Henry, From Slavery to Salvation, ISBN: 1-58139-019-7, price: $9.99, pages: 160, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: Provides insight into the role of religion in the slave society and how it formed the basis of the underground railroad and black resistance movements.
Peter Ainslie, God and Me, ISBN: 1-58139-020-3, price: $5.99, pages: 96, publishing company: Classic Americana Publishing, Inc., Description: A guide to living the successful Christian life.
Michael Hays, Kevin and his Dad, ISBN: 0-316-79899-1 HC, publishing company: Little Brown & Company, Description: A day a father and his son spend together. CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Melody Rosales, A Strawbeaters Thanksgiving, ISBN: 0-316-79866-5 HC, publishing company: Little Brown & Company, Description: A strong and spiritual story about a boy’s determination to succeed.
Michael Hays, Because You’re Lucky, ISBN: 0-316-79867-3 HC, publishing company: Little Brown & Company, Description: How families can change and grow in ways that they are lucky to discover.
Nelvia M. Brady, This Mother’s Daughter, ISBN: 0-9673751-0-X, price: $24.99, publishing company: This Mother’s Daughter, Inc., Description: This mother’s daughter shares the simple truths, "pearls," and the complex wisdom we glean from the needs, hopes and wishes of our mothers and the relationship we share.
Stephanie F. Bibb, Women’s Liberation Jesus Style, ISBN: 0-9663124-0-6, price: $19.95, publishing company: Rauach Publishing, Inc., Description: Eight African American ministers share spiritual wisdom and insight that inspires, motivates and challenges women to fulfill their greatest potential.
Gwynne Forster, Beyond Desire, ISBN: 0-7860-0607-2, price: $4.99, Description: Trapped by circumstances they cannot control, a gentle woman and man seal their destiny in a marriage of convenience.
Gwynne Forster, Ecstasy, ISBN: 0-7860-0416-9, price: $4.99, Description: A love so powerful that a woman would sacrifice her sight rather than expose the man whom she loves.
Gwynne Forster, Swept Away, ISBN: 1-58314-098-0, price: $5.99, publishing company: BET Books.
Gwynne Forster, Obsession, ISBN: 0-7860-0502-5, price: $4.99, publishing company: Pinnacle/Arabesque, Description: Two brothers, one woman, in a turbulent, explosive triangle of desire.
Mary B. Morrison, Soul Mates, ISBN: 0-9674001-0-4, Description: Are you comfortable in your relationship? Well, comfort has a price.
Nina Foxx, Dippin’ My Spoon. ISBN: 0967895944, price: $14.00, publishing company: Manisy Willow Books, Description: Amber LaReaux has it all under control. A new and exciting life is on the horizon and she is happy.
R. Lee Walker, Ph.D., Paprika Version of Wisdom, Description: Timeless answers to acquiring personal wealth and meaningful relationships.
Yvonne Rose & Tony Rose, Is Modeling for You? The Handbook & Guide for the Young Aspiring Black Model, ISBN: 0-9655064-0-1, price: $14.95, publishing company: Amber Books.
Rodney McKissic, How to Play the Sports Recruiting Game and Get an Athletic Scholarship, ISBN: 009655064010X, price: $12.95, publishing company: Amber Books.
Former Creative Director for Revlon Cosmetics, The African-American Women’s Guide to Successful Makeup and Skin Care, ISBN: 0-9655064-2-8, price: $14.95, publishing company: Amber Books.
Terri Simmons, Ph.D., How to Own and Operate Your Home Day Care Business, ISBN: 0-9655064-3-6, price $12.95, publishing company: Amber Books
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Wake Up and Smell the Dollars! Whose Inner City is this Anyway!, ISBN: 0-9655064-7-9, price: $18.95, publishing company: Amber Books
Carmen Green, Endless Love, ISBN: 1-58314-135-9, price: $5.99, pages: 38, publishing company: BET Books, Description: Real Love is where you least expect it.
JCM, "Black Men Exhale, Too", ISBN: 1-58348-545-7, price: $13.95, pages: 290.
Latrice Collins, My Child’s Personal Health Journal
Inspiration/Devotionals
Marvin A. McMickle, Preaching to the Black Middle Class, ISBN: 0-8170-1328-8, price: $16.00, Publishing Company: Judson Press, Description: The first and only book to explore ministering and preaching to the black middle class.
William D. Watley & Raquel Annette St. Clair, The African Presence in the Bible, ISBN: 0-8170-1349-0, price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Reverend, are there any black people in the Bible?
J. Deotis Roberts, Afrocentric Christianity, ISBN: 0-8170-1321-0, price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: The author provides a theological assessment of Africentrism and its relationship with Christianity that explores the origins, history and principles of Africentrism.
Walter S. Thomas, Spiritual Navigation for the 21st Century, ISBN: 0-8170-1363-6, price: $13.00, publishing company: Judson press, Description: These inspiring sermons focus on the spiritual priorities at the dawn of a new century.
Linda H. Hollies, Sister To Sister A companion Journal for African American Women, ISBN: 0-8170-1335-0, price: $15.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This new journal offers a place to record your most private reflections. Includes daily writing, space, words of wisdom, and weekly scripture verses.
Linda H. Hollies, Sister To Sister Volume 2 - Devotions for and from African American Women, ISBN: 0-8170-1318-0, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These original meditations are sure to stir the spirit as women share their soulful insights from deep within!
Suzan D. Johnson Cook, Sister To Sister - Devotions for and from African American Women, ISBN: 0-8170-1221-4, price: $11.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: The best selling book of meditations is a source of strength, renewal, healing and celebration.
William J. Key, From One Brother To Another Voices of African American Men, ISBN: 0-8170-1250-8, price: $11.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This collection of essays from many fields reflects struggles, triumphs, hopes, and dreams of African American men of all ages.
Matthew L.& William D. Watley, Poems of a Son, Prayers of a Father, ISBN: 0-8170-1183-8, price: $11.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This heartwarming dialogue between an African American pastor and his teenage son reveals inspiring and deep bonds of love.
Biographies/Black Studies
Leon H. Sullivan, Moving Mountains The Principle and Purposes of Leon Sullivan, ISBN: 0-8170-1289-3 (Hardback) price: $22.00 & 0-8170-1360-1 (Paperback) price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: a must-read. Whether red, yellow, black, brown, or white, every American ought to read Moving Mountains. A powerful story of faith.
Thomas Kilgore Jr. with Jini Kilgore Ross, A Servants Journey The Life and Work of Thomas Kilgore, ISBN: 0-8170-1297-4, price: $18.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: The life story of the former president of the Progressive Baptist Convention and advisor to Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley.
Kenneth L. Smith & Ira G. Zepp Jr., Search for the Beloved Community The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr., ISBN: 0-8170-1282-6, price: $15.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Late co-author Kenneth L. Smith’s firsthand knowledge of King’s seminary studies provides the background for this incisive analysis.
W. Wilson Goode with Joann Stevens, In Goode Faith, ISBN: 0-8170-1186-2, price: $15.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: The dramatic and revealing story of the successes, failures, and trials of W. Wilson Goode, Philadelphia’s first black mayor.
William D. Watley, Roots of Resistance The Nonviolent Ethic of Martin Luther King Jr., ISBN: 0-8170-1092-0, price: $17.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This study paints a personal portrait of King’s life, his dreams, and his lifelong search for nonviolent ways to combat injustice.
Children’s Books
Margery Wheeler Brown, Baby Jesus, Like My Brother, ISBN: 23-4010, price: $7.95, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: A curious African American boy bombards his older sister with questions about Christmas and then parallels her answers to events in his life.
Nikki Grimes, From a Child’s Heart, ISBN: 23-4011, price: $7.95, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These prayer-poems are masterful, and Brends Joysmith’s pastels add a special visual dimension to each.
Portia George, Gifts of Our People An Alphabet of African American History. ISBN: 0-8170-1228-1, price: $7.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This unique combination of fun and learning celebrates the rich contributions of African American people.
Victor Hogan, Children of Color Storybook Bible, ISBN: CHCOST, price: $14.99, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Sixty-one popular Scriptures are paraphrased into exciting and easy to understand Bible stories using the Contemporary English Version translation. It is a vibrant presentation of God’s Word.
Bibles
Cain Hope Felder, The African Heritage Study Bible, ISBN: 23-4003, price: $32.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This authorized King James Version contains highlighted verses about Africa and biblical characters of African descent and more than 1,000 scholarly annotations to explain the Scriptures.
Gardner C. Taylor, Volume 2: Sermons form the Middle Years, 1970-1980, ISBN: 0-8170-1346-6, price: $27.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: features twenty-seven classic sermons, including never-before published sermons along with time-honored treasure from Taylor’s The Scarlet Thread.
Gardner C. Taylor, Volume 1: NBC Radio Sermons, 1959-1970, ISBN: 0-8170-1339-3, price: $22.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: features sermons delivered on NBC’s national radio program form 1959 to 1970. The complete collection which encompasses a five-volume book set, double audio cassette, and double compact disks, is a tribute to the unique personality and preaching style of one of America’s greatest pastors. The books can be purchased individually or as a five-volume set.
Samuel DeWitt Proctor, The Substance of Things Hoped for A Memoir of African Americans Faith, ISBN: 0-8170-1325-3, price: $18.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Proctor chronicles his family’s journey from his grandmother’s slavery to his own monumental legacy.
Samuel D. Proctor, The Certain Sound of the Trumpet Crafting a Sermon of Authority, ISBN: 0-8170-1202-8, price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Samuel Proctor offers a how to step-by-step approach to powerful sermon development.
Samuel D. Proctor, How Shall They Hear? Effective Preaching for Vital Faith, ISBN: 0-8170-1172-2, price: $ 12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Dr. Proctor offers spirit-enriching messages for group study, personal reflection, and preparation of sermons.
Samuel D. Proctor, Samuel Proctor: My Moral Odyssey, ISBN: 0-8170-1151-X, price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: In a powerful call for developing a personal and community moral consciousness, Proctor highlights the role of the family, religion, moral consciousness, and more.
Samuel D. Proctor & Williams D. Watley, Sermons From the Black Pulpit, ISBN: 0-8170-1034-3, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Thirteen sermons speak eloquently to the question, "What does it mean to be a person under God"?
Samuel D. Proctor & Gardner C. Taylor, We Have This Ministry The Heart of the Pastor’s Vocation, ISBN: 0-8170-1248-6, price: $15.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Proctor and Taylor share their insights and unravel the mysteries of how to be a pastor who has integrity and character and who embraces the many diverse roles God requires for shepherding a flock.
Kenneth L. Waters Sr., Afrocentric Sermons The Beauty of Blackness in the Bible, ISBN: 0-8170-1199-4, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These sermons will shock, inspire, agitate, and uplift as Rev. Waters strives to heal the spirit of my people so that they can rise up and be the people of God.
William M. Philpot, Best Black Sermons, ISBN: 0-8170-0533-1, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These sermons typify the best preaching that is done in African American churches. Each sermon chosen reflects the black experience.
Melodye Rosales, Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade: The Johnkankus, ISBN: 0-316-79878-9 HC, publishing company: Little Brown & Company, Description: A very special day in a young slave girl’s life is captured in this Christmas tale.
Michael Hays, Jonathan and his Mommy, ISBN: 0316-79880-0 PB, publishing company: Little Brown & Company, Description: Relationship between mother and child and parent can duplicate, expresses joie de vivre.
Tyrone Geter, Irene and the Big, Fine Nickel, ISBN: 0-316-79871-1 HC & 0-316-79898-3 PB, publishing company: Little Brown & Company, Description: A nostalgic look at a less fractious world to be sure and reminder that urban experience can foster community rather than alienation.
ADULT BOOKS
James S. Hirsch, Hurricane, ISBN: 0-395-97985-4, price: $25.00, pages: 358, publishing company: Houghton Mifflin Company, Description: Recounts the harrowing, inspiring odyssey of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a black boxer wrongly convicted of three murders.
Lena Williams, It’s the Little Things, ISBN: 0-15-100407-2, price: $22.00, pages: 256, publishing company: Harcourt, Description: The everyday interactions that get under the skin of blacks and whites.
Bliss Broyard, My Father, Dancing, ISBN: 0-15-601396-7, price: $13.00, pages: 208, publishing company: Harcourt, Description: Debut collection of stories about relationships between men and women - and especially between fathers and daughters.
Johnnie Colemon, Open Your Mind and Be Healed, ISBN: 087516-709-8, price: $12.95, publishing company: DeVorss Publications, Description: Mind, body and soul of prosperity.
Vanessa Davis Griggs, The Rose of Jericho, ISBN: 0-9673003-1-2, price: $12.95, Description: Sometimes when we judge a thing, we judge it wrong.
Charles Edwards, America’s First, ISBN: 0-94839-062-X, price: $12.95, publisher: Frontline Books, Description: Stop the legalization of drugs...but one problem, they put a Black President in the White House.
Rev. Martha Simmons, The Women of Color Study Bible, publishing company: Nia Publishing Co.
Ellie Conrad & Michael Hart, Mastering the Uncommon Common Sense, ISBN: 0-615-11754-6, price: $9.95, pages: 1000, publishing company: Off Beat Tours Publications, Description: Tackles issues that pound on the door of our personal, professional and spiritual psyche.
Tonya Marie Evans, Seasons of Her, ISBN: 0-9674579-0-4, price: $15.00, publishing company: FYOS Publishing, Description: Poetry
Kim Alan Gravelle, Romancing the Islands, ISBN: 982-214-002-9, publishing company: Pacific Island, Description: A medicine man in Malaita, a tattooist in Samoa; a whaler in Tonga; a rebellious priest in Niue.
Rochelle Alers, Just Before Dawn, ISBN: 1-58314-103-0, price: $5.99, publishing company: BET Books, Description: Sudden Passion, Forever Love, Love Story.
Bridget Anderson, Rendezvous, ISBN: 1-58314-061-1, price: $5.99, publishing company: BET Books, Description: Lovely, educated Jade Bassett had married a handsome man who told her lies, took all her money, and then was found murdered.
Francis Ray, Incognito, ISBN: 1-58314-055-7, price: $5.99, publishing company: BET Books, Description: An ex-socialite who owns a successful advertising firm witnessed a horrifying crime.
Carmen Green, Silken Love, ISBN: 1-58314-095-6, price: $5.99, publishing company: BET Books, Description: Financial advisor and aspiring singer Lauren Michaels prided herself on her tenacity in the face of daunting odds.
Janice Sims, Courtni Wright, Kayla Perrin, A Very Special Love, ISBN: 1-58314-106-5, price: $5.99, publishing company: BET Books, Description: There is nothing like a mother’s devotion - or a mother’s heart.
Carl Weber, Lookin’ For Luv, ISBN: 1-57566-965-2, price: $14.00, pages: 352, publishing company: Kensington Trade Paperback, Description: A wild ride through the trials and tribulations of four friends looking for love, sex, and a decent meal in New York City.
Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar’s Game, ISBN: 0-525-94483-4, price: $23.95, publishing company: Dutton, Description: What happens when love starts with a lie.
Tananarive Due, The Black Rose, ISBN: 0-345-43960-0, price: $25.95, publishing company: The Ballantine Publishing Group, Description: Born to former slaves, Madam C.J. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America’s first black female millionaire.
Pearl Cleage, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, ISBN: 0-380-79487-X, price: $13.00, publishing company: Avon Books, Description: A triumphant tale about the role love plays in surmounting real obstacles.
Sheree R. Thomas, Dark Matter, ISBN: 0-446-52583-9, price: $24.95, publishing company: Warner Books, Description: Speculative fiction, fantasy and science fiction assume to be the genres of thought.
William D. Watley, Bring the Full Tithe Sermons o the Grace of Giving, ISBN: 0-8170-1230-3, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Watley convincingly shows the biblical foundation for tithing and testifies to the transformation that results when people offer their full tithes to God.
William D. Watley, From Mess to Miracle and other Sermons, ISBN: 0-8170-1154-4, prices: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Through the triumphs and failures chronicled in the Bible, Watley directs sixteen straight -talk sermons.
Williams D. Watley, You Have To Face It To Fix It Sermons on the Challenges of Life, ISBN: 0-8170-1267-2, price: $13.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Encourages us to confront life’s challenges and offers sermons on facing the things that can hold us back.
Alfred Smith Sr., No Other Help I Know Sermons on Prayer and Spirituality, ISBN: 0-8170-1251-6, price: $13.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Noted preachers including Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Suzan D. Johnson Cook, and Otis Moss address the theological difficulties that contemporary person have in praying intelligently in our postmodern world.
Milton E. Owens Jr., Outstanding Black Sermons, ISBN: 0-8170-0973-6, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These powerful, biblically-based sermons by prominent preachers speak forcefully about the practical concerns of daily living in today’s turbulent world.
Walter B. Horad, Outstanding Black Sermons, ISBN: 0-8170-0832-2, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These powerful, biblically-based sermons by prominent preachers speak forcefully about the practical concerns of daily living in today’s turbulent world.
J. Alfred Smith Sr., Outstanding Black Sermons, ISBN: 0-8170-0664-8, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These powerful, biblically-based sermons by prominent preachers speak forcefully about the practical concerns of daily living in today’s turbulent world.
Williams D. Watley, Sermons on Special Days Preaching through the Year in the Black Church, ISBN: 0-8170-1089-0, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: These messages offer dynamic preaching approaches for every Christian celebration from Thanksgiving through Pentecost and for special holidays.
Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Good News! Sermons of Hope for Today’s Families, ISBN: 0-8170-1236-6, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Dr. Wright preaches a word of hope and challenge to family members married or single, good or bad, accepted or outcast.
Jini Kilgore Ross, What Makes You to Strong? Sermons of Joy and Strengths from Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., ISBN: 0-8170-1198-6, price: $15.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Preached as part of an annual series of services commemoration the life, work, and theology of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., these widely poplar sermons have been raised to the status of classic.
Bettye Collier-Thomas, Daughter of Thunder Black Women Preachers & Their Sermons, ISBN: 23-4012, price: 25.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This collection of thirty- eight sermons by African American women illuminates their historic struggles for a voice in their churches.
Williams D. Watley & Suzan D. Johnson Cook, Preaching in Two Voices Sermons on the Women in Jesus’ Life, ISBN: 0-8170-1173-0, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Eight women in Jesus’ life are subjects of sixteen thought-provoking sermons told from two perspectives.
Ella Pearson Mitchell, Those Preaching Women, Volumes 1, ISBN: 0-8170-1073-4, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: calls Christians to develop positive attitudes and find oneness in God.
Ella Pearson Mitchell, Those Preaching Women, Volume 2, ISBN: 0-8170-1131-5, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: bring messages of hope that in Christ we are lifted above worldly problems.
Ella Pearson Mitchell, Those Preaching Women, Volume 3, ISBN: 0-8170-1249-4, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: is a bold adventure into the prophetic, a territory often thought inappropriate for women.
Ella Pearson Mitchell, Women: To Preach or Not To Preach? 21 Outstanding Black Preachers Say Yes!, ISBN: 0-8170-1169-2, price: $13.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Prominent men of the pulpit join women preachers in sharing their views on this important issue.
Robert D. Carle & Louis A. DeCaro Jr., Signs of Hope in the City Ministries of Community Revival, Revised Edition, ISBN: 0-8170-1324-5, price: $18.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This newly revised and updated edition provides additional resources and essays from some of New York’s most effective practitioners of urban ministry.
Warren H. Stewart Sr., Interpreting God’s Word in Black Preaching, ISBN: 0-8170-1021-1, price: $10.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: A well-defined five-point presentation of the hermeneutial process to assist the preacher with the task of interpreting and communicating the Bible so that it will be relevant to the congregation.
Olin P. Moyd, The Sacred Art Preaching and Theology in the African American Tradition, ISBN: 0-8170-1220-6, price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: The author has gathered examples from a number of master African American preachers as illustrations of the way practical theology has provided the content of much of the classic African American preaching of the past and present.
Robert Johnson-Smith II, Wisdom of the Ages The Mystique of the African American Preacher, ISBN: 0-8170-1225-7, price: $13.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Believing that much of what the African American preacher has learned and practiced has been passed down from generation to generation, Johnson-Smith has extracted these Gems of wisdom from his interviews with more than one hundred preachers in fifteen denominations.
James C. Perkins, Building Up Zion’s Walls Ministry for Empowering the African American Family, ISBN: 0-8170-1337-7, price: $17.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This interactive, in-depth manual includes these crucial components for affecting families today; reaching black males, fostering parent-teen communication, establishing faith development, nurturing marriage, and exploring models of youth ministry.
C. Eric Lincoln & Lawrence H. Mamiya, The Black Church in the African American Experience, ISBN: 23-4001, price: $25.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Provides an analysis of the black church as it relates to the history of African Americans and to contemporary black culture.
Floyd Massey Jr. & Samuel B. McKinney, Church Administration in the Black Perspective, ISBN: 0-8170-0710-5, price: $14.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: This classic guide covers all facets of administration for clergy and laity.
Karen Jones Bernstine, Church and Family Together A Congregational Manual for Black Family Ministry, ISBN: 0-8170-1243-5, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Designed to be used by pastors, staff members, family ministry committees, or any interested lay persons called to strengthen black families.
Wallace Charles Smith, The Church in the Life of the Black Family, ISBN: 0-8170-1040-8, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: establishes the African American extended family as a viable means of liberating people. Suggest innovative ideas for effective programs.
Preston R. Washington, God’s Transforming Spirit Black Church Renewal, ISBN: 0-8170-1129-3, price: $12.00, publishing company: Judson Press, Description: Explores how a pastor and his congregation revitalized a church that was dying physically and spiritually.
