Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race - Softcover

Powery, Luke A.

 
9780664267223: Becoming Human: The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race
Softcover
ISBN 10: 066426722X ISBN 13: 9780664267223
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 2022

Synopsis

Discussions of racial difference always embody a story. The dominant story told in our society about race has many components, but two stand out: (1) racial difference is an essential characteristic, fully determining individual and group identity; and (2) racial difference means that some bodies are less human than others.

The church knows another story, says Luke Powery, if it would remember it. That story says that the diversity of human bodies is one of the gifts of the Spirit. That story’s decisive chapter comes at Pentecost, when the Spirt embraces all bodies, all flesh, all tongues. In that story, different kinds of materiality and embodiment are strengths to be celebrated rather than inconvenient facts to be ignored or feared. In this book, Powery urges the church to live up to the inclusive story of Pentecost in its life of worship and ministry. He reviews ways that a theology and practice of preaching can more fully exemplify the diversity of gifts God gives to the church. He concludes by entering into a conversation with the work of Howard Thurman on doing ministry to and with humanity in the light of the work of the Spirit.

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About the Author

Luke A. Powery is Dean of the Chapel at Duke University and Associate Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School.

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Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
066426722X
ISBN 13 
9780664267223
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
161