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Sermons from Duke Chapel voices from "a great towering church"

Offers 57 diverse sermons preached in Duke Chapel by such notable figures as Billy Graham, Paul Tillich, and Barbara Brown Taylor and a fascinating analysis of the acoustic and visual challenges of preaching and listening at Duke Chapel.
Print Book, English, 2005
Duke University Press, Durham, 2005
Sermons
ix, 370 p. ; 25 cm.
9780822386964, 9780822334835, 9780822334958, 0822386968, 0822334836, 082233495X
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1. Introduction / William H. Willimon 12. The Cathedral and the Campus, June 2, 1935 / Lynn Harold Hough 93. Be Strong, March 13, 1955 / Paul Tillich 184. Moral Crisis in a Troubled South, April 29, 1956 / H. Shelton Smith 245. Even the Desert Shall Bloom, April 7, 1957 / Eugene Carson Blake 306. Education for Failure, April 14, 1957 / Waldo Beach 367. June 2, 1957 / Gerald Kennedy 428. Postmortem on a Salesman, February 1, 1959 / James T. Cleland 519. The Courage to Care, February 14, 1960 / D. Elton Trueblood 5910. The Idea of a University, January 29, 1961 / Robert E. Cushman 6311. Human Weakness and Divine Strength, February 24, 1963 / Martin Niemoller 7112. Burdened with Erudition and Paralyzed with Indecision: A Sermon on Learned Paralytics, March 12, 1967 / William Sloane Coffin Jr. 7613. Communion Meditation, October 1, 1967 / Jurgen Moltmann 8114. Homecoming, October 22, 1967 / Thomas A. Langford 8615. And So What Have You Done for Me Lately?, December 10, 1967 / Albert C. Outler 9116. Thou Shalt Not Kill, June 9, 1968 / Thor Hall 9817. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, October 26, 1969 / Browne Barr 10418. God's Helplessness-Our Help, April 12, 1970 / Eduard Schweizer 10919. Address Not Known, March 7, 1971 / Edmund A. Steimle 11420. What Is Religion All about, Anyway? A Dialogue Sermon, September 5, 1971 / Clarence G. Newsome and Howard C. Wilkinson 12021. The Christian in a Revolutionary Age, September 26, 1971 / Myron S. Augsburger 12722. A Necessary Tension, February 6, 1972 / D. Moody Smith Jr. 13823. The Generous Eye, June 11, 1972 / John W. Carlton 14324. Finding Answers, September 23, 1973 / Billy Graham 14825. The Impossible Possibility, March 31, 1974 / Letty Russel 15326. The Wisdom of Being Foolish, May 10, 1975 / William Stringfellow 15827. What's the Story?, May 11, 1975 / Ernest T. Campbell 16628. The Bible Today, October 24, 1976 / W. D. Davies 17229. That You Might Have Life, January 23, 1977 / Will Campbell 18030. Not to Condemn Us, April 17, 1977 / Carlyle Marney 18631. The Enigmatic God, November 20, 1977 / Carter Heyward 19332. Righteous Anger, August 27, 1978 / Clarence G. Newsome 20233. The Gothic Principle, January 21, 1979 / Howard Thurman 20834. Seeing and Not Seeing, October 21, 1979 / Leander Keck 21135. Have You Been to Damascus?, March 20, 1983 / C. Eric Lincoln 21836. The Usefulness of a Useless Vision, November 6, 1983 / Martin E. Marty 22337. There is a Point in Living, November 13, 1983 / Donald Macleod 22938. The "Ah" of Wonder, September 30, 1984 / Louis Patrick 23539. Mainline Churches, February 10, 1985 / John Vannorsdall 24140. Slogans-And Hurts Underneath, February 16, 1985 / Walter Brueggemann 24641. Christmas Party, December 15, 1985 / Elizabeth Achtemeier 25142. It Matters Greatly, February 23, 1986 / William Muehl 25743. Jesus' Final Exam, November 9, 1886 / Thomas G. Long 26444. God Under Pressure, March 8, 1987 / Grady H. Hardin 27045. When the Cross Lays Hold on You, September 18, 1988 / Peter Storey 27646. November 5, 1989 / Fred Craddock 28247. I Have Seen the Future, November 15, 1992 / Richard Lischer 28848. Children of the Kingdom, February 13, 1994 / Tony Campolo 29349. Storm at Sea, June 19, 1944 / Carol Marie Noren 30450. An Impossible Ethic, February 19, 1995 / Peter J. Gomes 30951. A Chief Text of the Church, April 23, 1995 / Eberhard Bethge 31652. A Sermon at Duke University, October 15, 1995 / David G. Buttrick 32253. Awaiting New Wine, February 27, 2000 / Patrick M. Clark 32654. We Do See Jesus, October 8, 2000 / L. Gregory Jones 33055. Stargazers, January 5, 2003 / Ellen F. Davis 33756. The Enemy Lines Are Hard to Find, March 16, 2003 / Fleming Rutledge 34257. The Snake Savior, March 30, 2003 / Barbara Brown Taylor 34858. The Best-Kept Secret in the Bible, June 3, 2003 / James A. Forbes Jr. 35459. Confused, yet Curious, about Jesus, August 31, 2003 / William H. Willimon 362Index to Scripture 369
Includes index
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