Preaching And Homiletics from Eden Theological Seminary Bookstore

Since September 11 religion has been explicitly connected to most of the major events taking place in the national and international arenas. Seeking to make sense of developments in the world around them, Christians too often find that "help" in how to apply their faith to public issues only comes from those with the loudest agendas. How can thinking Christians… Read more about this item

Catherine Brekus tells the story of several generations of women - both white and African American - who struggled to forge an enduring tradition of female religious leadership in colonial and antebellum America. Piecing together evidence from a wide range of sources, including religious magazines and newspapers, clergymen's autobiographies, church records, and female preachers' own memoirs and letters, she examines… Read more about this item

"The value of LGBTQ people voicing the truths of their own lives is nowhere more vital than the realm of Christian preaching. By simply embodying their identities in the pulpit, LGBTQ preachers speak, as Olive Elaine Hinnant observes, a "bold word even before we open our mouths." By acknowledging the gifts of LGBTQ preachers and straight allies through the collection… Read more about this item

Contents: The culture shock of preaching -- Aiming toward contextual preaching -- Exegeting the congregation -- Preaching as local theology -- Preaching as folk art.

Contents: The shaking of the foundations -- The impossible chess match -- Road hazards -- Fellow pilgrims -- Interlude. Howl: Job and the whirlwing -- Walking through the valley of the shadow.

Contents: Contextual approaches to preaching -- Globalization and the context for preaching -- Humanization and transcontextual preaching -- Transcontextual hermeneutics -- Negotiating diversity: the rhetoric of appeals -- Sermons.

Contents: Harry Emerson Fosdick's timeless question / Mike Graves -- What is the matter with preaching? / Harry Emerson Fosdick -- Showing mercy / David L. Bartlett -- A fearful pulpit, a wayward land / David Buttrick -- A lover's quarrel with preaching / Ernest T. Campbell -- Preaching : an appeal to memory / Fred B. Craddock -- Not what,… Read more about this item

Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Around the Púlpito, Hispanic Homiletic Theory -- 1. Building the Púlpito / Pablo A. Jiménez -- 2. Issues at the Púlpito / Justo L. González -- 3. The Bible at the Púlpito / Pablo A. Jiménez -- 4. Standing at the Púlpito / Justo L. González -- Part II: At the Púlpito, Hispanic Homiletic Practice --… Read more about this item

Contents: Introduction: In search of testimony and a preaching tradition -- pt. 1. Waking Up the Details: Stories of Testimony: -- 1. Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1591-1643) -- 2. Sarah Osborn (1714-1796) -- 3. Jarena Lee (1783-?) -- pt. 2. Waking Up the Secrets: Theories of Testimony: -- 4. True speech in the mother tongue: Paul Ricoeur and Walter Brueggemann -- 5.… Read more about this item