Title: The sermon : dancing the edge of mystery /
Authors: Lowry, Eugene L.
Publisher: Abingdon Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Preaching; Storytelling Religious aspects Christianity.
Abstract: "An introductory-level textbook from one of the best-known professors of preaching in the U.S., The Sermon: Dancing the Edge of Mystery offers a well-shaped, imaginative, and delightfully spry overview of the sermon. The reader will learn here of the revolution in homiletics of the past 25 years, and will be helped to understand the sermon in terms of the movement of time, place, shape, space, conflict, complication, and the "sudden shift" of the text."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Time -- place. The current shape of the new homiletic. The inductive sermon ; The story sermon ; The narrative sermon ; The transconscious African American sermon ; The phenomenological move sermon ; The conversational-episodal sermon -- Task -- goal. Does it happen? ; On the other hand -- Act -art. The social context of our preaching ; The problem of starting at the truth ; And what is truth? ; From stagehand to midwife -- Shape -- strategy. The plot ; Conflict ; Complication ; Sudden shift -- Unfolding -- Preparation -- presentation. Attending. Immersing oneself in the text ; Looking for trouble ; Positioning oneself to be surprised -- Imagining. Naming important issues, images, and incidents ; Ruminating potential connections ; Engaging and consulting as scholar in residence -- Shaping. Naming sermon focus and strategy ; Recognizing the sudden shift and positioning the good news ; Planning the sermon process ; Naming the aim.