Performance In Preaching
Published on 1. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8010-3613-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume, which launches the Engaging Worship series from Fuller Theological Seminary's Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, offers a unique study of sermon delivery. While many books offer advice on how to prepare, write, and preach a sermon, this volume is distinctive in approaching the subject from the perspective of performance.
The authors, who teach at a variety of seminaries and divinity schools across the nation, examine how the sermon can bring God's word to life for the congregation. In that sense, they consider the idea of performance from a wide range of theological, artistic, and musical viewpoints. These thoughtful essays will engage clergy and students with new ways of looking at the art of preaching.
The authors, who teach at a variety of seminaries and divinity schools across the nation, examine how the sermon can bring God's word to life for the congregation. In that sense, they consider the idea of performance from a wide range of theological, artistic, and musical viewpoints. These thoughtful essays will engage clergy and students with new ways of looking at the art of preaching.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ada, MI
United States
Publishing group
Baker Publishing Group
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8010-3613-2 (9780801036132)
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11/2008
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Person
Jana Childers (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is the dean of the seminary and professor of homiletics and speech communication at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is the author of Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre. Clayton J. Schmit (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is the academic director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts and the Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Professor of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Too Deep for Words: A Theology of Liturgical Expression.
Content
Contents
Introduction (Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit )
1. The Truth and Truthfulness: Theological Reflections on Preaching and Performance (Marguerite Shuster)
2. Preaching, Performance, and the Life and Death of "Now" (Paul Scott Wilson)
3. At the Intersection of Actio Divina and Homo Performans: Embodiment and Evocation (Alyce M. McKenzie)
4. Performative Language and the Limits of Performance in Preaching (John M. Rottman)
5. Reversal of Fortune: The Performance of a Prophet (Mary Donovan Turner)
6. Performance and the New Testament in Preaching (Ronald J. Allen)
7. The Use of the Body in the Performance of Proclamation (Todd Farley)
8. Finding Voice in the Theological School (Richard F. Ward)
9. The Preacher's Creative Process: Reaching the Well (Jana Childers)
10. What Comes Next? Performing Music and Proclaiming the Word (Clayton J. Schmit)
11. The Musicality of Black Preaching: Performing the Word (William C. Turner Jr.)
12. Performance Study in Service to the Spoken Word in Worship (Charles L. Bartow)
Index
Introduction (Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit )
1. The Truth and Truthfulness: Theological Reflections on Preaching and Performance (Marguerite Shuster)
2. Preaching, Performance, and the Life and Death of "Now" (Paul Scott Wilson)
3. At the Intersection of Actio Divina and Homo Performans: Embodiment and Evocation (Alyce M. McKenzie)
4. Performative Language and the Limits of Performance in Preaching (John M. Rottman)
5. Reversal of Fortune: The Performance of a Prophet (Mary Donovan Turner)
6. Performance and the New Testament in Preaching (Ronald J. Allen)
7. The Use of the Body in the Performance of Proclamation (Todd Farley)
8. Finding Voice in the Theological School (Richard F. Ward)
9. The Preacher's Creative Process: Reaching the Well (Jana Childers)
10. What Comes Next? Performing Music and Proclaiming the Word (Clayton J. Schmit)
11. The Musicality of Black Preaching: Performing the Word (William C. Turner Jr.)
12. Performance Study in Service to the Spoken Word in Worship (Charles L. Bartow)
Index