Making Room at the Table

Brief Description: The church is not exempt from cultural divisions, and battle lines are drawn today over issues related to culture and worship. This collection of articles by faculty members at Princeton explore the multicultural challenges facing the contemporary church about worship and include discussions of cultural perspectives, liturgical elements, youth and worship, and theological fidelity amidst differing cultural traditions.

Contributor Bio:  Blount, Brian K Brian K. Blount teaches at Union Theological Seminary-P. S. C. E., Richmond, VA. Within the field of New Testament studies, he specializes in the Kingdom of God language in the Gospel of Mark, New Testament ethics, the relationship of the New Testament to the Black church, and Revelation. His publications include: Cultural Interpretation: Reorienting New Testament Criticism, Go Preach! Mark s Kingdom Message and the Black Church Today (Orbis Press), Preaching Mark in Two Voices (Westminster Press), Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship (Westminster Press), and Then the Whisper Put On Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context (Abingdon Press). Contributor Bio:  Tisdale, Leonora Tubbs Leonora Tubbs Tisdale is the Clement-Muehl Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School. Her research and teaching interests include: prophetic preaching, women and preaching, and congregational studies and preaching. She is the author or editor of ten books, including "Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art, Prophetic Preaching: A Pastoral Approach, Teaching Preaching as a Christian Practice, "and three volumes of the "Abingdon Women s Preaching Annual. "She also served as one the authors of "The History of the Riverside Church in New York City, "writing the chapter on that church s rich prophetic preaching tradition. Before beginning her tenure at Yale, Professor Tisdale served on the faculties of Princeton Theological Seminary, Union Presbyterian Seminary in Virginia, and as adjunct faculty at Union Theological Seminary in New York. She has been a pastor in congregations ranging in size from 33 to several thousand. While on the pastoral staff of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City, she directed a lay seminary that offered courses for over 2000 people in the greater NYC area. Professor Tisdale is a former president of the Academy of Homiletics, the professional society for North American teachers of preaching. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U. S. A.). ""