Phillis Wheatley As Prophetic Poet - You Must Be Born Again

In You Must Be Born Again: Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet the author presents Phillis Wheatley as a preacher and theologian committed to transforming her world through her poetry. The result is a prophetic message of hope for the oppressed and corrective instruction for the institutional power structures.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction - "I Plead the First!": Writing a New America
Chapter 1: Phillis Wheatley, the Poet-Theologian
Chapter 2: Encountering God through the Preacher: Wheatley's Influences
Chapter 3: The Creativity of the Spoken Word
Chapter 4: Created in the Imagination
Chapter 5: Salvation is Available
Chapter 6: The Story behind the Voice
Epilogue - To Whom Much is Given
Appendix
Bibliography

About the author

Wallis C. Baxter IIIserves as Senior Pastor of the Second Baptist Church Southwest in District Heights, MD.

Summary

In You Must Be Born Again: Phillis Wheatley as Prophetic Poet the author presents Phillis Wheatley as a preacher and theologian committed to transforming her world through her poetry. The result is a prophetic message of hope for the oppressed and corrective instruction for the institutional power structures.

Product details

• Authors: Wallis C. Baxter III, Wallis C. Baxter III
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781793641205
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-120-5
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Rhetoric, Race, and Religion
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, RELIGION / Theology, Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Writing / Poetry