Preaching and the Personal - by J Dwayne Howell (Paperback)

About the Book

A collection of essays on the art of preaching, exploring the personal nature of the speaker's presentation and of each audience member's interpretation of the expounded text.

Book Synopsis

Essays on the art of preaching, exploring the personal nature of the speaker's presentation and of hearer's interpretation of the expounded text.

Preaching is a very personal process: a minister or speaker prepares his or her own sermon and presents it to the congregation. Sermons draw upon the Bible as a central source, and the source provides a basis of faith for the believing community. The preaching event is also personal for the individual members of the congregation, who receive the preacher's words, based on a biblical text, in their own unique way. In the synthesis of Biblical text, sermon, and listener response, many testimonies are present. Preaching and the Personal is a collection of papers that have been presented at the Society of Biblical Literature. These papers encourage and nurture dialogue among scholars who share an interest in the unique theological problems inherent to the relationship between biblical interpretation and proclamation. Preaching and the Personal opens a stimulating dialogue in the field.

Review Quotes

Each author makes a helpful contribution to their respective specialities in homiletics.this text would be beneficial both to homileticians and scholarly-minded pastors who seek to understand the mutually informative dynamic between preacher, text, and congregation.--David Giese "The Expository Times, Vol. 127 No. 6, March 2016"