
What's Right with Preaching Today?
The Enduring Influence of Fred B. Craddock
Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published on 9. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-1-4982-9501-7 (ISBN)
Description
In 1928, when Riverside Church (NYC) pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick asked the question in Harpers Magazine, ""What's the Matter with Preaching Today?"" he did not know that one response to that question had just entered the world in Humboldt, Tennessee. Fred B. Craddock revolutionized preaching theory and practice by flipping pulpit logic from deductive to inductive--often called the preaching-as-storytelling revolution--and in so doing brought renewed interest and impact to the practice of preaching, effectively rescuing it from an often tedious and moralizing fate. With Fred, preaching was anything but boring. Rather, it was an exciting and enlightening ride that led to the renewal of faith.
To honor Craddock's legacy, Mike Graves and Andre Resner invited ten leading voices in homiletics to identify something that is right about preaching today. In addition, they issued a call to a wide variety of people to contribute stories about Fred's impact on their lives and ministries. Twenty-seven remembrances of Fred are included here throughout the book.
If you appreciate effective and engaging preaching--as either a preacher or listener--the essays and remembrances here will speak to you and provide encouragement about preaching's present and future.
With contributions from:
Ronald J. Allen
Barbara K. Lundblad
Alyce McKenzie
Debra J. Mumford
Luke Powery
Andre Resner
Richard Ward
Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm
Paul Scott Wilson
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4982-9501-7 (9781498295017)
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Mike Graves | André Resner
What's Right with Preaching Today?
The Enduring Influence of Fred B. Craddock
E-Book
03/2021
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€32.49
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Mike Graves is Wm. K. McElvaney Emeritus Professor of Preaching and Worship, Saint Paul School of Theology and Scholar in Residence and Minister of Spiritual Formation at Country Club Christian Church in Kansas City, Missouri.
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