Rise Up, Shepherd!: Advent Reflections on the Spirituals

by Luke A. Powery

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664260322
• ISBN13: 9780664260323
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"