Sermons from Duke Chapel

Voices from "A Great Towering Church"

Auteur: Willimon, William H.
Éditeur: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822334835
eISBN Pdf: 9780822386964
Lieu de publication: Durham , United States
Année de publication électronique: 2005
Mois : Mars
Pages: 384
DDC: 252
Langue: Anglais

Légende

Many of America’s greatest Protestant preachers—Paul Tillich, William Sloane Coffin, Barbara Brown Taylor, Fleming Rutledge, Peter J. Gomes, Billy Graham, and others—have spoken powerfully from the pulpit of the “great towering church” that is the spiritual and architectural center of Duke University. This collection of fifty-eight of the most notable sermons proclaimed from that pulpit commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the groundbreaking for Duke Chapel. It is a sweeping panorama of sermons selected and edited by Bishop William H. Willimon, Dean of the Chapel for twenty years and one of the most widely read writers on preaching in America.

Opening with the sermon preached in June 1935 at the dedication of the Chapel and closing with one by Willimon delivered at the beginning of the 2003–4 school year, this volume presents Protestant Christianity at its most eloquent and prophetic. Some sermons are pure meditations on biblical texts; others are period pieces in the best sense of the term, reflecting on such contemporary concerns as civil rights, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the wars in Europe, Vietnam, and Iraq. Willimon provides a brief introduction to each sermon, commenting on the work and thought of the preacher. Diverse in subject and style, the sermons collected in this volume are a treasure for those who love fine preaching, a resource for those studying the history of homiletics, and a light to rekindle the memories of those who have worshiped in the Chapel over the years.

Contents
William H. Willimon Introduction
Lynn Harold Hough The Cathedral and the Campus June 2, 1935
Paul Tillich Be Strong March 13, 1955
H. Shelton Smith Moral Crisis in a Troubled South April 29, 1956
Eugene Carson Blake Even the Desert Shall Bloom April 7, 1957
Waldo Beach Education for Failure April 14, 1957
Gerald Kennedy June 2, 1957
James T. Cleland Postmortem on a Salesman February 1, 1959
D. Elton Trueblood The Courage to Care February 14, 1960
Robert E. Cushman The Idea of a University January 29, 1961
Martin Niemöller Human Weakness and Divine Strength February 24, 1963
William Sloane Coffin Jr. Burdened with Erudition and Paralyzed with Indecision: A Sermon on Learned Paralytics March 12, 1967
Jürgen Moltmann Communion Meditation October 1, 1967
Thomas A. Langford Homecoming October 22, 1967
Albert C. Outler And So What Have You Done for Me Lately? December 10, 1967
Thor Hall Thou Shalt Not Kill June 9, 1968
Browne Barr Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep October 26, 1969
Eduard Schweizer God’s Helplessness—Our Help April 12, 1970
Edmund A. Steimle Address Not Known March 7, 1971
Clarence G. Newsome and Howard C. Wilkinson What Is Religion All about, Anyway? A Dialogue Sermon September 5, 1971
Myron S. Augsburger The Christian in a Revolutionary Age September 26, 1971
D . Moody Smith Jr. A Necessary Tension February 6, 1972
John W. Carlton The Generous Eye June 11, 1972
Billy Graham Finding Answers September 23, 1973
Letty Russell The Impossible Possibility March 31, 1974
William Stringfellow The Wisdom of Being FoolishMay 10, 1975
Ernest T. Campbell What’s the Story? May 11, 1975
W. D. Davies The Bible Today October 24, 1976
Will Campbell That You Might Have Life January 23, 1977
Carlyle Marney Not to Condemn Us April 17, 1977
Carter Heyward The Enigmatic God November 20, 1977
Clarence G. Newsome Righteous Anger August 27, 1978
Howard Thurman The Gothic Principle January 21, 1979
Leander Keck Seeing and Not Seeing October 21, 1979
C. Eric Lincoln Have You Been to Damascus? March 20, 1983
Martin E. Marty The Usefulness of a Useless Vision November 6, 1983
Donald Macleod There Is a Point in Living November 13, 1983
Louis Patrick The ‘‘Ah’’ of Wonder September 30, 1984
John Vannorsdall Mainline Churches February 10, 1985
Walter Brueggemann Slogans—And Hurts Underneath February 16, 1985
Elizabeth Achtemeier Christmas Party December 15, 1985
William Muehl It Matters Greatly February 23, 1986
Thomas G. Long Jesus’ Final Exam November 9, 1986
Grady H. Hardin God under Pressure March 8, 1987
Peter Storey When the Cross Lays Hold on You September 18, 1988
Fred Craddock November 5, 1989
Richard Lischer I Have Seen the Future November 15, 1992
Tony Campolo Children of the Kingdom February 13, 1994
Carol Marie Noren Storm at Sea June 19, 1994
Peter J. Gomes An Impossible Ethic February 19, 1995
Eberhard Bethge A Chief Text of the Church April 23, 1995
David G. Buttrick A Sermon at Duke University October 15, 1995
Patrick M. Clark Awaiting New Wine February 27, 2000
L. Gregory Jones We Do See Jesus October 8, 2000
Ellen F. Davis Stargazers January 5, 2003
Fleming Rutledge The Enemy Lines Are Hard to Find March 16, 200
Barbara Brown Taylor The Snake Savior March 30, 2003
James A. Forbes Jr. The Best-Kept Secret in the BibleJune 8, 2003
William H. Willimon Confused, yet Curious, about JesusAugust 31, 2003
Index to Scripture