Preaching as a Theological Task: World, Gospel, Scripture

Preaching as a Theological Task: World, Gospel, Scripture

ISBN-10:
0664256171
ISBN-13:
9780664256173
Pub. Date:
11/01/1996
Publisher:
Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN-10:
0664256171
ISBN-13:
9780664256173
Pub. Date:
11/01/1996
Publisher:
Westminster John Knox Press
Preaching as a Theological Task: World, Gospel, Scripture

Preaching as a Theological Task: World, Gospel, Scripture

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Overview

How do particular world situations impact preaching? How does a preacher use the gospel and Scripture to speak to those situations? This volume, in honor of homiletician David Buttrick, explores the complex and important relationships between world, gospel, and Scripture and their relevance for preaching theology.This book is for those seeking thoughtful and challenging new ways to approach the preaching task now and into the twenty-first century.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780664256173
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 11/01/1996
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and is one of the most popular preachers in the United States today. He is the author of many books, including The Witness of Preaching, Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible, and The Good Funeral (cowritten with Thomas Lynch).



Edward Farley is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He has written a number of books on theology and theological education.

Table of Contents

Forewordvii
Contributorsix
1.The Formation of Consciousness1
Part 1Preaching and the World17
2.The Search for Public Theology in the United States19
3.A Neighborhood as Wide as God's Heart32
4.A Hearer in the Pew: Homiletical Reflections and Suggestions38
5.Twin Covenants in Tension on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century50
6.Practical Theology as a Critique of Knowledge59
Part 2Preaching and the Gospel71
7.The Gospel of God73
8.All the King's Men: Constructing Homiletical Meaning82
9.Learning to Speak of Sin91
10.The Friend We Have in Yahweh104
11.To Die and Rise Again: Preaching the Gospel for Liberation112
12.The Gospel as Empowered Speech for Proclamation and Persuasion122
Part 3Preaching and Scripture135
13.Biblical Studies and Preaching: A Growing Divide?137
14.Apocalyptic Vocation and Liberation: The Foolish Church in the World150
15.Toward a New Paradigm for Preaching165
16.Why Preach from Passages in the Bible?176
Selected Bibliography of Works by David G. Buttrick189
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