Preaching must die! : troubling homiletical theology /

Preaching must die! : troubling homiletical theology /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Myers, Jacob D., author.
Imprint:	Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2017] ©2017
Description:	xiv, 220 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Preaching. Postmodern theology. Deconstruction. Deconstruction. Postmodern theology. Preaching.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13239821

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ISBN:	9781506411866 (pbk. : alk. paper) 150641186X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-212) and indexes. committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	The real question for homiletics is our increasingl postmodern , post-Christian contexts is not how we are going to prevent preaching form dying but how we are going to help it die a good death. Preaching was not made to live. At most, preaching is a witness, a sign, a crimson X marking a demolition site. The church has developed sophisticated technologies to give preaching the semblance of life, belying the truth: preaching was born under a death sentence. it was born to die. Only when preaching embraces its own death is it able to truly live"--back cover.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Preaching Must Die!
1. Before One's Time: Troubling Language
2. Crossing Over to the Other Side: Troubling the Preacher
3. The Gift of Death: Troubling Scripture
4. Giving Up the Ghost: Troubling God
Conclusion: Preaching Meets Its Maker, Perchance
Bibliography
Index of Scripture
Index of Names and Subjects