William S. Epps

A View from the Balcony—Opera through Womanist Eyes

Theology

“Using the opera musical genre, Jean Derricotte-Murphy has put together a hermeneutic for capturing the presence of the Lord from a Womanist perspective with clarity about who the Lord is, how the Lord is, and where the Lord is at work in the lives of people and the world through all of the scenes, situations, and stages of life whether good or bad, happy or sad, sick or healthy, impoverished or abundant.”

Hear the Spirit

Arts & Literature

“Carpenter Chair and Professor of Ethics and Society, Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University Rev. Dr. Stewart has created liturgical resources that honor the unique traditions of Black church worship. Hear the Spirit reflects the poetic call-and-response culture, prophetic witness, and liberation theology that make African American Christianity distinctive. Every pastor and worship leader seeking resources that speak to the Black experience while addressing contemporary justice issues needs this collection.”