Tex Sample

Author of U.S. Lifestyles and Mainline Churches: A Key to Reaching People in the 90's

About the Author

Tex Sample is a specialist in church and society and a much sought-after lecture storyteller, workshop leader, and consultant. He is also the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at Saint Paul School of Theology. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

Image credit: Tex Sample in October, 2008 By Mrslovettsmeatpies - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6415324

Works by Tex Sample

Ministry in an Oral Culture: Living with Will Rogers, Uncle Remus, and Minnie Pearl (1994) 90 copies

The Spectacle of Worship in a Wired World: Electronic Culture and the Gathered People of God (1998) 77 copies

The Loyal Opposition: Struggling with the Church on Homosexuality (2000) — Editor — 61 copies

Hard Living People & Mainstream Christians (1993) 58 copies

Blue Collar Ministry: Facing Economic and Social Realities of Working People (1984) 53 copies

Earthy Mysticism: Spirituality for Unspiritual People (2008) 50 copies

Blue Collar Resistance and the Politics of Jesus: Doing Ministry with Working Class Whites (2006) 43 copies

White Soul: Country Music, the Church and Working Americans (1996) 37 copies

Working Class Rage: A Field Guide to White Anger and Pain (2018) 23 copies

Powerful Persuasion: Multimedia Witness in Christian Worship (2005) 21 copies

A Christian Justice for the Common Good (2016) 20 copies

Tex Mix Stories of Earthy Mysticism with Tex Sample (2008) 7 copies, 1 review

Micro Practices for Justice Ministry: Doing Little Things for the Common Good (2025) 7 copies

The Future of John Wesleys Theology: Back to the Future with the Apostle Paul (2012) 6 copies

Human Nature, Interest, and Power: A Critique of Reinhold Niebuhrs Social Thought (2013) 5 copies

Ministry in an Oral Culture--Living with Will Rogers... 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Bible in/and Popular Culture: A Creative Encounter (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies) (2010) — Contributor — 18 copies

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