The content analysis of Desmond Tutu's sermons and speeches provides new perspectives on prophetic preaching in a context of political crises. This publication yields a handful of practical theological insights for the communication of the gospel.

Hendrik J.C Pieterse, D.Th. (1978), University of Stellenbosch, is Professor of Practical Theology at the University of South Africa, Pretoria. He is the author of inter alia Communicative Preaching (1987) and Preaching in a Context of Poverty (2000).