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Luke Powery

Luke Powery

Professor of Homiletics
Divinity School
luke.powery@duke.edu
060 Chapel, Box 90974, Durham, NC 27708
401 Chapel Dr, Room 060, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Living the Questions of the Bible

Book · May 16, 2023 By exploring various passages in the Bible, this book attempts to invite readers into an interrogative spirituality, one in which we learn that even God questions. Faith seeks and keeps on seeking. It may reach understanding, or it may not. ... Cite

Becoming Human The Holy Spirit and the Rhetoric of Race

Book · November 2022 "Urges the church to live up to the inclusive story of Pentecost in its worship life"-- ... Cite

Were You There? Lenten Reflections on the Spirituals

Book · January 8, 2019 In these devotions for the season of Lent, Luke A. Powery leads the reader through the spirituals as they confront the mystery of Christs atoning death and victory over the grave. ... Cite

Rise Up, Shepherd! Advent Reflections on the Spirituals

Book · September 9, 2017 In Rise Up, Shepherd! each devotion features the lyrics of the spiritual, a reflection on the spiritual's meaning, a Scripture verse, and a brief prayer. ... Cite

Making connections: Christian worship and public witness

Journal Article Theology Today · April 1, 2013 Full text Cite

Painful Praise: Exploring the Public Proclamation of the Hymns of Revelation

Journal Article Theology Today · 2013 In light of the present infatuation with praise music and prosperity preaching within some sectors of the church, this article attempts to complicate simplistic notions of praise and correct faulty conceptions of preaching. It does so by demonstrating the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Human and Holy: Texts for Preaching

Journal Article Christian Century · 2013 Cite

Epiphany

Chapter · 2013 Cite

Filled with the Spirit

Journal Article Scottish Journal of Theology · January 1, 2012 Link to item Cite

Response to Stephen C. Barton

Journal Article Ex Auditu: An International Journal for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture · 2012 Cite

Preaching as testimony

Journal Article Theology Today · April 1, 2009 Link to item Cite

Lament: homiletical groans in the Spirit

Journal Article Homiletic · January 1, 2009 Link to item Cite

African American Christian worship

Journal Article Black Theology · September 1, 2008 Link to item Cite

WALKIN' THE TALK: The Spirit and the Lived Sermon

Journal Article The African American Pulpit · 2008 Link to item Cite

Postcolonial Criticism

Chapter · 2008 Cite

Holy Spirit/Passion

Chapter · 2008 Cite

Preaching as the Spirit Moves

Journal Article Circuit Rider · 2008 Cite

Death threat

Journal Article Princeton Seminary Bulletin · January 1, 2007 Link to item Cite