Lischer, Richard

Richard Lischer is the James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor of Preaching at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. Before joining the Duke faculty, he served as pastor of Lutheran congregations in Illinois and Virginia. He is the author of numerous books on preaching, theology, and ministry, including "A Theology of Preaching: The Dynamics of the Gospel" and the prize-winning "The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word That Moved America".