A Comedian in the Pulpit: Empowering the Use of Humor in Preaching

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  • Philmont Devon Bostic Author

Abstract

Each week, the preacher mounts the pulpit with many tools to deliver an impactful sermon. One element of preaching that the black church should embrace is humor. Humor and preaching may appear strange bedfellows, but humor is embedded in the art of black preaching. This study explores humor within the confines of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Repository attribution: Philmont Devon Bostic. A Comedian in the Pulpit: Empowering the Use of Humor in Preaching. Religions, 14(9), issue year 2023; article page publication date 2023-09-11. Original: source article. DOI: 10.3390/rel14091155. Original PDF reproduced without changes under CC BY 4.0. No endorsement is implied. Copyright 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Published

2023-09-11

Issue

Black Church Practice Scholarship: TESS Journal’s Foundational Collection.

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Articles: Theology (Practical & Black Practical Theology)

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