Toward a Homiletical Theology of Promise

by David Schnasa Jacobsen (Editor)

Overview

Promise has a long pedigree in the history of Christian understandings of the gospel. This volume gathers together leading homileticians to consider the breadth of its understanding today in light of the struggle to reconcile God's grace with God's justice. Assuming that promise is a core sense of the gospel, how does this relate to the variety of contexts in which homiletical theology is done? In this final volume in the series, six homileticians from a variety of contexts and perspectives try to move specifically toward a homiletical theology of promise as a way to articulate the central theological gift and task that is preaching the gospel today. ""Each chapter of this compelling book teaches a vital aspect of the promissory nature of preaching: as a lure to new forms of human dwelling and action, as a unique way of liturgically embodying eschatology, as a key to homiletical genre, as God's unique way of acting and speaking in sermons, and as the way preaching becomes provisional good news in difficult situations. Highly recommended for all serious students of preaching."" --John S. McClure, Vanderbilt Divinity School ""Continuing the 'turn to theology' in contemporary homiletics, this thoughtful and wide-ranging collection of essays explores preaching as a theological expression of divine promise that embodies and empowers our human response. Jacobsen is to be congratulated for bringing this important project to completion."" --Michael P. Knowles, McMaster Divinity College ""These final six essays of the Promise of Homiletical Theology series proceed from the central conviction that any hope worth preaching proceeds from the world-transforming, justice-making promises of the God revealed in Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord of God's new creation. Strikingly varied in their methodological approaches and rich in theological creativity, these writers urge hope-fueled preaching that is healing and prophetic, poetic and theologically discerning, accompanied by locally embodied, diverse, and hope-infused practices of worship and witness."" --Sally A. Brown, Princeton Theological Seminary David Schnasa Jacobsen is Professor of the Practice of Homiletics and Director of the Homiletical Theology Project at Boston University School of Theology. His books include Preaching in the New Creation, Preaching Luke-Acts, Kairos Preaching: Speaking Gospel to the Situation, and Mark.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532613937
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	04/17/2018
Series:	Promise of Homiletical Theology , #4
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

David Schnasa Jacobsen is Professor of the Practice of Homiletics and Director of the Homiletical Theology Project at Boston University School of Theology. His books include Preaching in the New Creation, Preaching Luke-Acts, Kairos Preaching: Speaking Gospel to the Situation, and Mark.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction David Schnasa Jacobsen 1

1 The Promised Land: A Postcolonial Homiletic of Promise in the Asian American Context Sunggu Yang 9

2 Promising, Trivocal Hermeneutic for Twenty-First-Century Preaching: Justice, Transformation, and Hope Kenyalta R. Gilbert 28

3 The Spirit-Breathed Body: Divine Presence and Eschatological Promise in Preaching Ruthanna B. Hooke 51

4 A Homiletical Theology of Promise: More Than One Genre? Paul Scott Wilson 69

5 Promissory Kerygmatics James F. Kay 87

6 Promise as an Event of the Gospel in Context: Toward an Unfinished Homiletical Theology of Grace and Justice David Schnasa Jacobsen 106

Bibliography 121

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Each chapter of this compelling book teaches a vital aspect of the promissory nature of preaching: as a lure to new forms of human dwelling and action, as a unique way of liturgically embodying eschatology, as a key to homiletical genre, as God’s unique way of acting and speaking in sermons, and as the way preaching becomes provisional good news in difficult situations. Highly recommended for all serious students of preaching.”

—John S. McClure, Vanderbilt Divinity School



“Continuing the ‘turn to theology’ in contemporary homiletics, this thoughtful and wide-ranging collection of essays explores preaching as a theological expression of divine promise that embodies and empowers our human response. Jacobsen is to be congratulated for bringing this important project to completion.”

—Michael P. Knowles, McMaster Divinity College



“These final six essays of the Promise of Homiletical Theology series proceed from the central conviction that any hope worth preaching proceeds from the world-transforming, justice-making promises of the God revealed in Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord of God’s new creation. Strikingly varied in their methodological approaches and rich in theological creativity, these writers urge hope-fueled preaching that is healing and prophetic, poetic and theologically discerning, accompanied by locally embodied, diverse, and hope-infused practices of worship and witness.”

—Sally A. Brown, Princeton Theological Seminary

Editorial Reviews

Each chapter of this compelling book teaches a vital aspect of the promissory nature of preaching: as a lure to new forms of human dwelling and action, as a unique way of liturgically embodying eschatology, as a key to homiletical genre, as God’s unique way of acting and speaking in sermons, and as the way preaching becomes provisional good news in difficult situations. Highly recommended for all serious students of preaching.”

—John S. McClure, Vanderbilt Divinity School



“Continuing the ‘turn to theology’ in contemporary homiletics, this thoughtful and wide-ranging collection of essays explores preaching as a theological expression of divine promise that embodies and empowers our human response. Jacobsen is to be congratulated for bringing this important project to completion.”

—Michael P. Knowles, McMaster Divinity College



“These final six essays of the Promise of Homiletical Theology series proceed from the central conviction that any hope worth preaching proceeds from the world-transforming, justice-making promises of the God revealed in Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen Lord of God’s new creation. Strikingly varied in their methodological approaches and rich in theological creativity, these writers urge hope-fueled preaching that is healing and prophetic, poetic and theologically discerning, accompanied by locally embodied, diverse, and hope-infused practices of worship and witness.”

—Sally A. Brown, Princeton Theological Seminary

From the Publisher