Preaching: The Art and the CraftPractical advice for preachers everywhere, written out of long experience and deep learning. Homilists will welcome its advice about language, the role of the imagination, preaching and prophecy, the liturgical setting of the preached word, and social justice. + |
Contents
| 3 | |
SIR WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE JESUS Preaching As Imagining | 17 |
SHUDDER YOU COMPLACENT ONES Ancient Prophet and Modern Preacher | 29 |
THE LORD OPENED THE MOUTH OF THE ASS The View from the Pew | 42 |
LORD TEACH US HOW TO PREACH From Study to Proclamation | 54 |
THUS SAYS THE LORD The Word Forms the Preacher | 78 |
IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON What Shall I Preach About? | 90 |
DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME The Homily As Liturgy | 108 |
OF THEIR RACE IS THE CHRIST How To Preach about the Jews | 139 |
SO SARAH LAUGHED Humor in the Holy of Holies? | 159 |
WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE? The Cost of Preaching | 173 |
LORD TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? Masters Who Just Might Help | 192 |
POSTLUDE | 217 |
NOTES | 220 |
| 243 | |
LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN LIKE WATERS Preaching the Just Word | 119 |
Common terms and phrases
asked become begin believe Bible biblical calls Catholic chapter Christ Christian Church comes congregation death divine effective Eucharist existence experience express eyes fact faith Father feel flesh give God's Gospel grace hand hear heart Holy homiletic homilist homily hope human imagination interpretation issue Jesus Jews John justice laugh learned listen liturgy living look Lord mean mind move mystery nature never Old Testament once Origins Paul person play political prayer preacher preaching preparation present priest problem proclaim prophets pulpit question reflect religious response revelation sacraments salvation Scripture Second sense sermon simply social speak Spirit story suggest symbols tell theology things third tion touch tradition truth turn understand Vatican whole woman women wonderful word worship York
Popular passages
Page 6 - But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? '^And how can men preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!
Bibliographic information
| Title | Preaching: The Art and the Craft |
| Author | Walter J. Burghardt |
| Publisher | Paulist Press, 1987 |
| ISBN | 080912906X, 9780809129065 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |