Down Deep in my Soul : An African American Catholic Theology of Preaching

In this work, Maurice J. Nutt offers a comprehensive treatment of preaching in the Black Catholic tradition, drawing on African American spirituality and culture, the role of preaching, how to construct a sermon in the Black style, and the connection between preaching and evangelization among African Americans.

Rev. Maurice J. Nutt is a Redemptorist missionary priest, who received a doctorate in preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology. He has served as director, The Institute for Black Catholic Studies, Xavier University of Louisiana.  He is a 2022 inductee into the Dr. M.L. King Board of Preachers at Morehouse College.  He edited Thea Bowman: In My Own Words, and is the author of Thea Bowman: Faithful and Free.