When sorrow comes: the power of sermons from Pearl Harbor to Black Lives Matter

Introduction: The power of the pulpit -- Necessary injustice: Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese Americans -- We all killed Kennedy: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- Existential despair: the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- The Church of the National Trag...

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Main Author: Matthes, Melissa M. 1964- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts London Harvard University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Christianity / Homiletics / Church politics (motif) / Crisis management / Geschichte 1940-
IxTheo Classification:RA Practical theology
RE Homiletics
Further subjects:B Crisis Management (United States) Religious aspects Christianity
B Church and state (United States) History 20th century
B Religion and civil society (United States) History 20th century
B Topical preaching (United States) History 20th century
B Church and state (United States) History 21st century
B Topical preaching (United States) History 21st century
B Religion and civil society (United States) History 21st century