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The Renewed Homiletic
Preachers recognize that the homiletical landscape has continued to evolve in ways that influence how preaching ought to be done—e.g., the rise of postmodernity, the decline of the mainline church, cultural pluralism, biblical and theological illiteracy. Those considered to be the pillars of the New Homiletic—David Buttrick, Fred Craddock, Eugene Lowry, Henry Mitchell, and Charles Rice—discuss how to change their homiletical approach for a new day. Each of these distinguished scholars offers lecture describing how their mind has changed, preaches a sermon reflecting these changes, and participate in a panel discussion with younger respondents.
162 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 21, 2010
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May 27, 2021
If you want a good overview of the origins and the future of the New Homiletic, look no further than The Renewed Homiletic, edited by O. Wesley Allen Jr. This book is the culmination of a conference on the New Homiletic that took place at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky in 2007, in which the five pillars of the New Homiletic—Charles Rice, Fred Craddock, Henry Mitchell, Eugene Lowry, and David Buttrick—were invited to present their preaching methodology, its shortcomings, and its trajectory and/or the trajectory of the New Homiletic in general. Younger homileticians were invited to respond to these homileticians’ lectures. The Renewed Homiletic is informative and entertaining.
The one thing that could have been better is the DVD of the five pillars preaching. The video quality in most cases is poor. Rice even has the video cut out on him while he is preaching, and it never picks back up. Also, most of the preachers do not seem to be at their best. It is probably the case of them trying to do too much at once—prepare lectures for the conference and prepare sermons for preaching. Still, that is the preaching life for you: handling multiple responsibilities, including preparing the Sunday sermon, while still having the Sunday sermon be inspiring. Not an easy thing to do.
The one thing that could have been better is the DVD of the five pillars preaching. The video quality in most cases is poor. Rice even has the video cut out on him while he is preaching, and it never picks back up. Also, most of the preachers do not seem to be at their best. It is probably the case of them trying to do too much at once—prepare lectures for the conference and prepare sermons for preaching. Still, that is the preaching life for you: handling multiple responsibilities, including preparing the Sunday sermon, while still having the Sunday sermon be inspiring. Not an easy thing to do.
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