Courage to Bear Witness

To be a follower of Jesus

means to bear witness to the truth of God. In an age when so many contemporary voices portray faith as a form of personal therapy, Gene L. Davenport, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Lambuth University, has consistently reminded us in his own witness that the truth of the Gospel entails confrontation with the world that dwells in darkness.

These essays in honor of Davenport address the meaning of witness in the face of racism, sexism, and religious bigotry, to name but some of the forms this darkness takes. The topics range from emerging forms of prayer to religious themes in cowboy music, from the work of white pastors in Mississippi during the growing Civil Rights Movement to the meaning of the Righteous Gentile in Jewish-Christian friendship.

Contributors

D. Brent Laytham
Randy Cooper
Stanley Hauerwas
Billy Vaughan
James T. Laney
Kenneth L. Carder
M. Douglas Meeks
Phyllis Tickle
L. Edward Phillips
Tex Sample
Cindy Wesley
Joseph T. Reiff
Margaret J. Meyer
Charles Mayo