Christian Preaching and Worship in Multicultural Contexts: A Practical Theological Approach

by Eunjoo Mary Kim, Mark R Francis (Foreword by)

Overview

Can Christian preaching and worship in multicultural contexts be more faithful to the Christian gospel and more meaningful and memorable to worshipers? In this book, Eunjoo Mary Kim explores this theological and liturgical concern and proposes a paradigm shift from monocultural to multicultural worship. This volume will help preachers and worship leaders, as well as homiletics and liturgics scholars, seek theological and biblical wisdom for the practice of Christian preaching and worship in multicultural contexts. Kim also provides homiletical and liturgical insights into this practice. By integrating this paradigm shift, ministers and worshipers can participate in a life worthy of living together in our multicultural world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814663202
Publisher:	Liturgical Press
Publication date:	09/06/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	246
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Eunjoo Mary Kim is professor of homiletics and liturgics at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of Preaching in an Age of Globalization (2010), Women Preaching: Theology and Practice through the Ages (2004), and Preaching the Presence of God: A Homiletic from the Asian American Perspective (1999), as well as a coeditor of Women, Church, and Leadership: New Paradigms (2012). An ordained minister (PCUSA), Kim has served local parishes.

Mark Francis, CSV, is president of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and the author of Shape a Circle Ever Wider: Inculturating the Liturgy in the United States. He previously served as superior general of Viatorians and taught at the Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Foreword Mark R. Francis, CSV ix

Introduction xiii

Part 1 Seeking Theological Foundations

Chapter 1 A Theology of Diversity 3

Chapter 2 Preaching, Worship, and Culture 20

Part 2 Exploring Multicultural Hermeneutics

Chapter 3 The Bible and Multicultural Hermeneutics 43

Chapter 4 A Practice of Multicultural Hermeneutics: Luke 7:11-17 64

Part 3 Searching for New Liturgical Models

Chapter 5 The Renewal of Christian Preaching and Worship 85

Chapter 6 Models of Multicultural Worship 111

Part 4 Practice in Multicultural Contexts

Chapter 7 Preaching and Worship as Reflective Practical Theology 131

Sample Sermons and Liturgies

Appendix 1 Sermon: "Can We Love Our Enemies?" (Luke 6:27-36) 151

Appendix 2 Liturgy: Worship at the Iliff Chapel 163

Appendix 3 Sermon: "The Weeds and the Wheat" (Matt 13:24-30) 168

Appendix 4 Sermon: "Women on the Way" (John 4:4-42) 182

Appendix 5 Sermon: "Leading Toward Diversity" (Matt 15:21-28; Isa 56:1-8) 191

Appendix 6 Liturgy: Worship at the Denver Presbytery Assembly Meeting 203

Bibliography 209

Subject Index 221

Scripture Index 226

Editorial Reviews

"Eunjoo Kim offers solid theological grounding and much practical wisdom for transforming worship in contemporary multicultural contexts. She skillfully weaves together theological and liturgical studies from a wide range of Christian traditions. Her book should be studied—and used—by all who seek to develop ways of worship suitable in a time of incredible cultural diversity."
Ruth Meyers, Dean of Academic Affairs and Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics, Church Divinity School of the Pacific



"At last, someone has provided a detailed guide for how to make multicultural preaching and worship a reality. In her book, Eunjoo Kim challenges mainline Protestants to rethink their exclusive theologies and use non-Christian sacred texts and stories to broaden and illumine theological implications. In addition to providing sound theoretical foundations and samples of sermons and worship services, she also walks her readers, step-by-step, through the processes of multicultural biblical interpretation, liturgy formation, and sermon preparation. This is a must-have text for those who are committed to worship that truly reflects the reign of God."
Debra J. Mumford, Frank H. Caldwell Professor of Homiletics, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary


"Eunjoo Mary Kim believes that an imaginative, eschatological vision of wondrous diversity can transform the ways that we worship and preach. This vision is seen and felt in every sentence of this hopeful and practical book. The reader not only feels invited into Kim's kaleidoscopic vision but also is given perspectives and tools for practicing preaching and worship in ways that rehearse this vision each week, across all traditions and cultures."
John S. McClure, Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship, Vanderbilt Divinity School


"Kim offers a fitting text for our pluralistic times and presses essential questions for preachers and worship leaders. More than a foundation for preaching in diverse contexts and a set of strategies, this book is a call to participate in the sweeping and surprising work of the Holy Spirit."
Donyelle McCray, Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Yale Divinity School


"In this volume, Kim argues that while we are all living in locally and/or globally multicultural contexts, most churches still stick to a conventional, monocultural preaching and worship style, along racial, ethnic and cultural lines. Therefore, it is crucial to bring about a paradigm shift to the ministry of preaching and worship in order to make them more relevant to culturally diverse context."
Homiletics


"This book identifies itself as practical theology, but it is far more than a collection of tips on preaching in multicultural settings. Kim has constructed a theologically and philosophically rich inquiry into the nature of multicultural Christian communities and the opportunities and requirements that such a community invites. Her book contains example sermons and liturgies, but to appreciate the masterful way they are put together requires attention to the deep thinking represented by the rest of the book."
Anglican Theological Review


"Pick up the book and read. It is challenging. It is handy for experts, programmers, preachers, and the general reader. It is a must for those who live and minister in multicultural contexts."
Ecclesia Orans


"This book identifies itself as practical theology, but it is far more than a collection of tips on preaching in multicultural settings. Kim has constructed a theologically and philosophically rich inquiry into the nature of multicultural Christian communities and the opportunities and requirements that such a community invites. Her book contains example sermons and liturgies, but to appreciate the masterful way they are put together requires attention to the deep thinking represented by the rest of the book."
Anglican Theological Review

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