Holy Attention
Preaching in today's church
Published on 29. March 2018
192 pages
978-1-78622-167-4 (ISBN)
Description
This timely collection from the influential Littlemore Group of theologians explores the role of preaching in today's Church. Experienced contributors from a wide range of backgrounds - catholic, evangelical and liberal - weave together theology, anecdote and reflection on practice as they share their passion for preaching.
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08/2019
Canterbury Press Norwich
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Frances Ward was formerly Dean of St Edmundsbury.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Exacting Attention: Preaching as Witness
- A Sermon for Advent: Encountering the Dangerous God
- 2 Attending to the Words of the Other: Preaching that Honours the Jewish Texts
- A Sermon for Christmas: A Song Sang Out, Across the Starlit Way
- 3 Attending to the Holy Spirit: Preaching 'Each in Our Own Language'
- A Sermon for Epiphany: Strange Gifts from the East
- 4 Attending to the Eloquent Body: Lancelot Andrewes and the Word
- The Passion of Remembering and Forgetting: Addresses for the Three Hours of Good Friday
- 5 Attending to the Word in Silence and Lectio Divina
- A Sermon for Easter: In Your Resurrection, O Christ, Let Heaven and Earth Rejoice. Alleluia
- 6 Attending to the Conversation: The Word of Witness and the Transformation of the World
- A Sermon for Pentecost: The Church is Alive
- 7 Attending to Subaltern Voices: Embodied Preaching as Authentic Christian Discipleship
- A Sermon for Trinity: The Light of the Burning Bush
- 8 Attending to the Joy and Terror of Preaching the Embodied Word
- A Sermon for all Saints: Ordinary Saints
- 9 Attending to the Unspeakable: Last Words in Stone and Grief
- A Sermon for the Feast of Christ the King: The Alpha and the Omega
- Afterword: Preachers as Artisans
- Index of Names and Subjects
- Copyright
