Pentecost: the Stone tradition and its transformation -- Come, let us reason together: the rational tradition -- Professionals and plowboys: the rise of institutionalization -- Skinning the sects: the debate tradition -- Grace in the face of fire: the early Irenic style -- We have arrived: the legacy of the Hardeman tabernacle sermons -- The kingdoms of this world: the rise of the political pulpit -- The "soft" gospel: the impact of speech training -- Seeking enlightenment: the scholarly tradition of preaching -- Say amen, brother! the African-American tradition -- Exodus: the rise of the evangelical tradition -- Got a story? the electronic gospel -- What's next? into the next millennium -- List of preachers.