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    Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the Spirituals
    Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the Spirituals
    Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the Spirituals
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    Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the Spirituals

    By Luke A. Powery

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    Valuable not only for their sublime musical expression, the African American spirituals give us profound insights into the human condition and the Christian life. Many focus on an essential scene of the Christian drama: the coming of God as the child in Bethlehem and as the hope of the world and the liberator of God's oppressed people.


    In these devotions for the season of Advent, Luke Powery leads the reader through the spirituals as they confront the mystery of incarnation and redemption. 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestminster John Knox Press
    Release dateSep 9, 2017
    ISBN9781611648287
    Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the Spirituals
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    Luke A. Powery

    Luke A. Powery is Dean of the Chapel at Duke University and Associate Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School.

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