Preaching that Confronts Confederate Monuments

David M. Stark is Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Co-director of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Center at the University of the South, USA.

David Stark wonderfully displays how preachers ought to think about and then preach to contemporary American racial realities in the light of the gospel. He confronts the history and present harm of Confederate monuments and shows us preachers how to help our listeners think like Christians about matters that many would rather left unsaid. A wonderful book not only on how to tell the truth about our past but also how to do this truth-telling from the pulpit.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introductiona. Confederate Monuments and the Churchb. Confederate Monuments within U.S. monumental culturec. Preaching and Monumentsd. Preaching Monuments2. Moving Mountains: De-centering the Presence and Preaching of Confederate Monumentsa. A Theological and Homiletical Reading of the Presence and Preaching of Confederate Monumentsb. Preaching that De-centers the Presence and Preaching of Confederate Monuments c. Moving Mountains: Preaching as Collaboration with Monument Removal, Relocation, and Recontextualization3. When the Stones Cry Out Perversely: Preaching that Confronts the Proclamation of Monuments to the Lost Causea. Orality, Monuments, and Meaning-Makingb. Rhetorical Analysis of Confederate Memorial Dedication Speeches and Resistance Speechc. Preaching to Confront Monuments to the Lost Cause4. When the Stones Cry Out Perversely: Preaching that Confronts the Proclamation of Monuments to the Lost Cause, Case Study 1: Chapel Hill, North Carolinaa. Julian Carr’s Speech at the Dedication of Silent Sam, 1913b. Contemporary Proclamation that Confronts Julian Carr’s Silent Sam Speechc. Preaching to Confront Monuments to the Lost Cause5. When the Stones Cry Out Perversely: Preaching that Confronts the Proclamation of Monuments to the Lost Cause, Case Study 2: Richmond, Virginiaa. Archer Anderson’s Speech at the dedication of the Monument to General Robert E. Lee, 1890b. Contemporary Proclamation that Confronts Archer Anderson’s Dedication Speechc. Preaching to Confront Monuments to the Lost Caused. Homiletical Reflection: Preaching as Confrontation and Change Agent6. Standing up to Nebuchadnezzar’s Statues: What Naming Commissions Can Teach Preachers about Confronting White Supremacya. A brief history of Naming Commissions in the U.S.b. Naming Commissions as Institutional Equivocationc. Naming Commissions as a Way to Mark Institutional Change d. Standing Up: Preaching toward Transformation 7. Preaching Stones, Living Monuments: A Conclusiona. (Re)membering Space: Sewanee’s Black Heritage Trailb. Bringing Monuments Home: A Pilgrimage to the Memorial for Peace and Justice c. (Re)Moving Mountains: Sermons Etched on Hand and HeartBibliographyIndex