Catherine E. Williams
Biography
Catherine E. Williams earned a Bachelor of Music in Church Music from Westminster Choir College of Rider University, a Master of Divinity from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University, and a PhD in Homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary. Williams has served as associate professor of preaching and worship at Lancaster Theological Seminary and was an active member of the Academy of Homiletics and the Hymn Society of the US and Canada. Williams wrote Preaching and Music (2025).
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Preaching & Worship
“Allen has a clear-eyed, inspiring vision of Black church traditions thriving well into the future, riding the waves of time-honored musical genres. A delightful Sankofan hermeneutic permeates her work—we simply cannot make our way into our future as Black church communities without identifying what of our past has shaped us into who we are today. She reminds us of the historical worship themes of ‘survival, resistance, deliverance and liberation, and affirmation and joy.’ She then implores us to recognize and remove the liturgical shackles that have bound us to harmful, culture-erasing modes of worship. We are to utilize instead the tools of Black, historical, musical genres that give us strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.”
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Preaching & Worship
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