Richard Lischer papers, 1940-2007

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Summary

Creator:
Lischer, Richard and John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture
Abstract:
Richard Lischer is a white ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. This collection contains research and audiovisual materials related to the preperation for Lischer's book The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America . Included are recordings and transcripts of interviews and sermons, research materials such as photocopies of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s writings, scholarly journal articles, photographic materials and correspondence related to interviews. Acquired as part of the John Hope Franklin Research Center for African and African American History and Culture.
Extent:
2.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.13101

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains materials related to the preparation of Richard Lischer's book The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America . It consists primarily of audiovisual materials including interviews about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work, recordings of preachers who influenced King's preaching, and sermons by King. Many include transcripts. Also included are additional transcripts of interviews and sermons, research materials such as photocopies of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s writings, scholarly journal articles, photographic materials and correspondence related to interviews.

Biographical / historical:

Richard Lischer is the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Duke Divinity School. He was born in St. Louis, MO and married Tracy Kenyon in 1966. He graduated with a BA from Concordia Senior College in 1965, an MA in English from Washington Univeristy in 1967, a BD from Concordia Seminary in 1969 and a Ph.D from University of London, King's College in 1972. Richard and Tracy had two children, Sarah and Adam. Adam died in 2005 from cancer.

Lischer is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Luthern Church in America and served as pastor in churches in Illinois and Virginia from 1972-1979 before joining the Duke University Divinity School in 1979 where he taught homiletics and ministry. He has written or edited fifteen books and contributed chapters, articles and reviews to numerous publications. He has lectured on practical theology, ministry, religious autobiography, preaching and held distinguished lectureships at Yale and Princeton.

https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/richard-lischer https://www.richardlischer.org/

Acquisition information:
The Richard Lischer papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2024.
Processing information:

Processed by Lisa Duncan, October 2024

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2024-0087

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Collection is open for research.

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Access note. Some materials in this collection are fragile audiovisual/photographic formats that may need to be reformatted before use. Contact Research Services for access.

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