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Richard Lischer

Richard Lischer

James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Divinity School
Divinity School
rlischer@div.duke.edu
Duke Box 90967, Durham, NC 27708-0967
Duke Divinity School, 3 Chapel Hill Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works - Books

Our Hearts Are Restless: The Art of Spiritual Memoir

Book · January 1, 2022 The personal narrative, be it autobiography or memoir, tells what it is to live and die in the world. Spiritual memoir adds two further dimensions. First, belief or unbelief in God is not incidental to the narrative, but crucial. The narrator and other cha ... Full text Cite

Just Tell the Truth: A Call to Faith, Hope, and Courage

Book · February 23, 2021 "A collection of biblically and theologically rooted sermons about living the Christian life with conviction"-- ... Cite

The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America, Updated Edition

Book · January 1, 2020 This book investigates Martin Luther King, Jr.'s religious development from a precocious "preacher’s kid" in segregated Atlanta to the most influential American preacher and orator of the twentieth century. To give an intimate portrait, the book draws almo ... Full text Cite

Preaching Gospel Essays in Honor of Richard Lischer

Book · 2016 After nearly four decades of teaching, Richard Lischer has sent legions of preachers across the world to preach gospel. This volume pays tribute to his faith-filled life of preaching and teaching. ... Cite

Reading the Parables Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church

Book · September 12, 2014 Parables make up one-third of Jesus' speech in the New Testament. In this volume, Richard Lischer provides an expert guide to these parables and proposes an important distinction between reading and interpreting the parables. ... Cite

Stations of the heart : parting with a son: parting with a son

Book · 2013 Describes the author's wrenching loss of his son to melanoma, a tragedy also marked by the imminent birth of another child and the spiritual lessons imparted by the young man throughout the end of his life. ... Link to item Cite

The Preacher King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Word that Moved America

Book · October 3, 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a spellbinding orator and it is evident that he honed these skills in the pulpit in his capacity as a Baptist minister. This book is a full-scale study of King as a preacher and draws on tape-recordings and transcriptions of ... Full text Cite

The Preacher King Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word That Moved America: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word That Moved America

Book · 1997 Annotation Today it seems extraordinary that a nation the size of the United States could have been so profoundly affected by the minister of a little Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. But at a turning point in American history, Martin Luther King, Jr ... Link to item Cite

The preacher King : Martin Luther King, Jr. and the word that moved America: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the word that moved America

Book · 1995 Today it seems extraordinary that a nation the size of the United States could have been so profoundly affected by the minister of a little Baptist church in Montgomery, Alabama. But at a turning point in American history, Martin Luther King, Jr., had an i ... Link to item Cite