Motif of Hope in African American Preaching during Slavery and the Post-Civil War Era

Wayne E. Croft is The Jeremiah A. Wright, Sr. Associate Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics in African American studies at United Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia and senior pastor for St. Paul's Baptist Church in West Chester, PA.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The Motif Of Hope In Black Scholarship Chapter Two: The Motif Of Hope In Slave Preaching (1800–1864)Chapter Three: The Motif Of Hope In Post-Civil War Preaching (1865–1896)Chapter Four: The Motif Of Hope In Post-Civil War Preaching Of John JasperEpilogue BibliographyAbout the Author

. . . . this study serves as an important contribution in the study of preaching and should be a welcome addition to the libraries of those interested in religion, homiletics, African American history, and activism.