Steveland Morris, professionally known as Stevie Wonder, is a global musical icon and social activist, who has been recording since 1962. Starting at Motown at 12 years old, as Stevie Wonder matured, his music matured with him, and his songs begin to reflect his thoughts on relationships, faith, injustice, war, politics, the environment, apartheid, and love in all of its expressions. He is categorized as a secular R&B artist, however he never shied away from engaging sacred subjects in his records.

In this project I am looking to study the extensive catalog of Stevie Wonder, books written on Stevie Wonder, and interviews done by Stevie Wonder. I will be especially looking for the songs that are pertinent to faith, injustice, poverty, and politics, and to hear his views on them through written and televised interviews. I will also be studying hermeneutics and homiletics, especially in the Black Church context, and then looking to put my findings into praxis through a sermon series and special Bible studies that engage Stevie Wonder's music and the sacred text. The goal is also to produce a published work that clergy can use as a reference to help spark their own creativity, and to find sacred usage in secular works.

My contention is that the a hermeneutic based on the music of Stevie Wonder can strengthen our individual and collective Gospel presentation, and expand the kingdom of God with those that may not be believers. The soulful music of Stevie Wonder, full of faith, love, joy, pain and calls for justice, can help preachers in spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ in a creative way.