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The Reverend Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert is Professor of Homiletics at the Howard University School of Divinity. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Baylor University and both his M.Div. and Ph.D. in Practical Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Gilbert specializes in the history, theory, and practice of African American preaching. His research focuses on the theology and rhetoric of prophetic preaching, African American religion, hermeneutical theory, and constructive practical theology.
He is the author of The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching (Fortress), A Pursued Justice: Black Preaching from the Great Migration to Civil Rights (Baylor), Exodus Preaching: Crafting Sermons about Justice and Hope (Abingdon), and a co-editor for Living the Word in Sojourners magazine.
Dr. Gilbert is the recipient of Louisville Institute’s First Book Grant for Minority Scholars and Howard University’s Emerging Scholar Award and Andrew Mellon Fellowship. Dr. Gilbert is an ordained Baptist minister and founder of The Preaching Project: Restoring Communities through Spoken Word www.thepreachingproject.org, a website ministry promoting the nurture of the preaching life of ministers serving African American churches and communities. He has served congregations in Texas, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Kenya. Dr. Gilbert is married to Dr. Allison Blow Gilbert, a pediatrician. The Gilbert’s have three daughters: Olivia Copeland, Ella Jane, and Ava Sage.
Professorial Lecture: Decolonizing the Homiletical Mind
“Christian beliefs and practices declared normative today, though taken for granted, do not take rise out of thin air but are culturally-conditioned.”
Just Talk with Rev. Dr. Kevin Slayton – Ben’s Chili Bowl Interview
Episode One Episode Two Episode Three Dr. Kevin A. Slayton, Sr. -Website
The Preaching Project Remembers Dr. James H. Cone
Book Review: Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching
Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert Book Review Introduction to the Practice African American Preaching. By Frank A. Thomas. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2016. Frank Thomas is a meticulous archivist of a preaching tradition that has earned its day in the sun. Introduction to the...
Conversation with Brueggemann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-rVAtK5gPo&feature=youtu.be
HIDDEN FIGURES: How Black Women Preachers Spoke Truth to Power
Hidden figures: How black women preachers spoke truth to power Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University Each semester I greet the students who file into my preaching class at Howard University with a standard talk. The talk is not an...
What Shaped Martin L. King’s Prophetic Vision?
Honoring the Life, Legacy, and Vision of Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. "Indeed, King's prophetic vision ultimately invited his martyrdom. But through the prophetic preaching tradition already well established by his time, King brought people of every...
Gilbert – Religion Dispatches Interview: A History of Prophetic Black Preaching
READ INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT: A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn't Start or End With King
Cheryle Hanna: “Grownup Prayers are often ‘Groaned Up'” (Remembering Victims of Violence & Families of Newtown)
The Preaching Project Remembers the Victims and Families of Newtown, Ct. SERMON: "Grownup Prayers
The Preaching Project Remembers Dr. Dale P. Andrews
. Labor to Reward - (1962 - 2017) Dale P. Andrews | Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice and Practical Theology |Vanderbilt University Divinity School| Author of Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black...
Professorial Lecture: Decolonizing the Homiletical Mind
“Christian beliefs and practices declared normative today, though taken for granted, do not take rise out of thin air but are culturally-conditioned.”
Just Talk with Rev. Dr. Kevin Slayton – Ben’s Chili Bowl Interview
Episode One Episode Two Episode Three Dr. Kevin A. Slayton, Sr. -Website
The Preaching Project Remembers Dr. James H. Cone
Book Review: Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching
Dr. Kenyatta R. Gilbert Book Review Introduction to the Practice African American Preaching. By Frank A. Thomas. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2016. Frank Thomas is a meticulous archivist of a preaching tradition that has earned its day in the sun. Introduction to the...
Conversation with Brueggemann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-rVAtK5gPo&feature=youtu.be
HIDDEN FIGURES: How Black Women Preachers Spoke Truth to Power
Hidden figures: How black women preachers spoke truth to power Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University Each semester I greet the students who file into my preaching class at Howard University with a standard talk. The talk is not an...
What Shaped Martin L. King’s Prophetic Vision?
Honoring the Life, Legacy, and Vision of Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. "Indeed, King's prophetic vision ultimately invited his martyrdom. But through the prophetic preaching tradition already well established by his time, King brought people of every...
Gilbert – Religion Dispatches Interview: A History of Prophetic Black Preaching
READ INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT: A History of Prophetic Black Preaching That Doesn't Start or End With King
Cheryle Hanna: “Grownup Prayers are often ‘Groaned Up'” (Remembering Victims of Violence & Families of Newtown)
The Preaching Project Remembers the Victims and Families of Newtown, Ct. SERMON: "Grownup Prayers
The Preaching Project Remembers Dr. Dale P. Andrews
. Labor to Reward - (1962 - 2017) Dale P. Andrews | Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Homiletics, Social Justice and Practical Theology |Vanderbilt University Divinity School| Author of Practical Theology for Black Churches: Bridging Black...