Igniting the Heart: Preaching and Imagination - Brossura

Bruce, Kate

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0334053196 ISBN 13: 9780334053194

Casa editrice: Scm Pr, 2015

Riassunto

•A new and imaginative book on preaching which seeks to inspire both established and new preachers.•Considers the challenges presented by key features of contemporary culture to the preacher and explores how the imagination can help preachers to address these issues.•Offers a theological grounding for the place of imagination in preaching to enable preachers to feel confident that imagination is a key aspect of faith and not a frivolous, fanciful add-on.•Kate Bruce organizes the popular Durham Preaching Conferences as well as regular training events on preaching for dioceses, districts and circuits. There will be a conference dedicated to this book. It has been said that the day of the sermon is over. Kate Bruce argues that the day of the poorly conceived, ill prepared, dull, disconnected, boring, irrelevant, authoritarian, yawn-inducing, patronizing, pontificating, pointless and badly delivered sermon, is indeed over. Imagination can help to engage the hearer in a sermon which seeks to evoke rather than to inform. Imagination frames how we see the world and ourselves in it. As such it has a vital role in how preachers see the preaching task itself, which in turn affects how we go about the task. A theology of imagination is presented to demonstrate the central importance of imagination in the life of faith. Allied to this is an analysis of the sacramental nature of preaching and the role of imagination in enabling the ‘aha, now I get it’ moment of sacramental ‘seeing-as’. Connected to enabling new seeing, preaching in the lyrical voice is defined and discussed along with the importance of preachers shaping sermons for the ear.

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Recensione

Tired of dull boring sermons with no theological depth? And tired of dull boring books on preaching which equally lack theological depth? This book is the solution! Kate Bruce is an outstanding practitioner and teacher of preaching. Out of that expertise she shows how the interaction of the imagination with both the biblical text and contemporary culture can transform the preaching event and allow God to work in exciting and relevant ways. Honest, humane and humble, this is the book for all preachers who have a passion for God to speak. --Revd Professor David Wilkinson, Principal, St John s College Durham

Expect to be enriched, challenged, encouraged and inspired by this book. Kate Bruce argues that the sermon is essential in the life of the Church and that imagination is essential for preaching that ignites the heart. An exploration of the theology of imagination and language, examples from sermons, models of preaching and guidance for good practice are offered in a book which will appeal to a wide readership. I commend this book to all preachers who hope that through their sermons God will be encountered as the Spirit breathes life into their words and hearts are warmed. --Ruth Gee was Chair of Methodist Conference (2013-14)

Kate Bruce skips the conventional wisdom related to preaching and tackles the peculiar challenges and demands of the craft itself. She walks the reader through the creative process toward a fuller realization of the sacramental imagination. Her valuable book will remind us all--whether beginner or busy pastor to love and cultivate the art we practice --Richard Lischer, Duke Divinity School, Author of The End of Words and Reading the Parables

L'autore

Kate Bruce is Deputy Warden and Tutor in Homiletics at Cranmer Hall in Durham. She runs the popular Durham Preaching Conferences and is in demand as a preacher, teacher and retreat leader

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Scm Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0334053196
• ISBN 13: 9780334053194
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 205
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile