The Practice of Prophetic Imagination

by Walter Brueggemann

Author	: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher	: Fortress Press
Total Pages	: 250
Release	: 2012-06-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 1451419767

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Walter Brueggemann declares that the necessary character of truly prophetic preaching today is "a contestation between narratives." If the dominant narrative of our time promotes national self-sufficiency (through militarism) and personal self-sufficiency (through consumerism), it must be opposed by a different narrative. Prophetic preaching takes its stand in a world claimed by a God who is gracious, uncompromisingand real. Brueggemann writes here for leaders in faith communities who bear the responsibility of preaching. He describes the discipline of a prophetic imagination, in an unflinchingly realistic, unwaveringly candid manner.

The Prophetic Imagination

by Walter Brueggemann

Author	: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher	: Fortress Press
Total Pages	: 180
Release	: 2001
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 9780800632878

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In this challenging and enlightening treatment, Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets. Here he traces the broad sweep from Exodus to Kings to Jeremiah to Jesus. He highlights that the prophetic vision and not only embraces the pain of the people but creates an energy and amazement based on the new thing that God is doing. In this new edition, Brueggemann has completely revised the text, updated the notes, and added a new preface.

Prophetic Preaching

by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale

Author	: Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Publisher	: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages	: 154
Release	: 2010-08-09
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 1611640970

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Where have all the prophets gone? And why do preachers seem to shy away from prophetic witness? Astute preacher Leonora Tisdale considers these vexing questions while providing guidance and encouragement to pastors who want to recommit themselves to the task of prophetic witness. With a keen sensitivity to pastoral contexts, Tisdale's work is full of helpful suggestions and examples to help pastors structure and preach prophetic sermons, considered by many to be one of the most difficult tasks pastors are called to undertake.

Reality, Grief, Hope

by Walter Brueggemann

Author	: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher	: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages	: 179
Release	: 2014-02-21
Genre	: Bibles
ISBN	: 0802870724

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Pointing out striking correlations between the catastrophe of 9/11 and the destruction of ancient Jerusalem, Brueggemann shows how the prophetic biblical response to that crisis was truth-telling in the face of ideology, grief in the face of denial, and hope in the face of despair. He argues that the same prophetic responses are urgently required from us now if we are to escape the deathliness of denial and despair. --from publisher description.

Virus as a Summons to Faith

by Walter Brueggemann

Author	: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher	: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages	: 92
Release	: 2020-04-30
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 1725276739

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Why bother with the interpretive categories of biblical faith when in fact our energy and interest are focused on more immediate matters? The answer is simple and obvious. We linger because, in the midst of our immediate preoccupation with our felt jeopardy and our hope for relief, our imagination does indeed range beyond the immediate to larger, deeper wonderments. Our free-ranging imagination is not finally or fully contained in the immediacy of our stress, anxiety, and jeopardy. Beyond these demanding immediacies, we have a deep sense that our life is not fully contained in the cause-and-effect reasoning of the Enlightenment that seeks to explain and control. There is more than that and other than that to our life in God’s world!

Speaking the Truth in Love

by J. Philip Wogaman

Author	: J. Philip Wogaman
Publisher	: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages	: 228
Release	: 1998-01-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 9780664257743

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J. Philip Wogaman challenges preachers not to retreat from the world and to reconsider what they leave out of their sermons. In this helpful guide, he discusses the biblical and theological grounding of prophetic preaching, the pastoral and liturgical setting, Christian moral decision making, and appropriate issues for discussion from the pulpit. He also includes his most compelling sermons, identifying the setting and goals of each.

Theology of the Old Testament

by Walter Brueggemann

Author	: Walter Brueggemann
Publisher	: Fortress Press
Total Pages	: 598
Release	: 2012-06-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 0800699319

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In this powerful book, Walter Brueggemann moves the discussion of Old Testament theology beyond the dominant models of previous generations. Brueggemann focuses on the metaphor and imagery of the courtroom trial in order to regard the theological substance of the Old Testament as a series of claims asserted for Yahweh, the God of Israel. This provides a context that attends to pluralism in every dimension of the interpretive process and suggests links to the plurality of voices of our time.

Voicing the Vision

by Linda L. Clader

Author	: Linda L. Clader
Publisher	: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages	: 177
Release	: 2004-01-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 0819225592

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Popular homiletics professor Linda Clader has been helping her students become attentive to how the Holy Spirit is speaking to them, and eventually through them to the congregation. In Voicing the Vision she shares her ideas about what preachers can do to be open and receptive to the Spirit once the exegesis is done. Clader's approach to inspired and prophetic preaching is a holistic one, filled with suggestions about how the preacher's spiritual life and practice affect openness to the Spirit, as well as how various creative exercises can create spaces in which the Spirit can flourish. Her careful analysis of the biblical texts that illuminate how the Spirit works in those texts is supplemented by practical suggestions for noticing how the Spirit also works in the everyday life of preacher and congregation. This book will be a welcome companion for the seminarian who is just learning to preach, as well as the seasoned preacher who is looking for new inspiration.

Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching

by Joel B. Green

Author	: Joel B. Green
Publisher	: Baker Books
Total Pages	: 236
Release	: 2003-12-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 144120654X

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There is often an unfortunate division between the technical work of biblical scholars and the practical work of preachers who construct sermons each week. These two fields of study, which ought to be mutually informed and supportive, are more often practically divided by divergent methods, interests, and goals. Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching aims to bridge that divide. Using narrative as an organizing theme, the contributors work through the New Testament offering examples of how interpretation can rightly inform proclamation. Three pairs of chapters feature an exemplary reading by a New Testament scholar followed by a sermon informed by that reading. Introductory and concluding chapters provide guidance for application of the model. Pastors and seminarians will find here a uniquely practical work that will help them with both the reading and preaching of Scripture.