Description
Book SynopsisContributors from leading seminaries provide biblical, theological, and historical foundations for attending to performative aspects of preaching a sermon.
Table of ContentsContents
Introduction (Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit )
1. The Truth and Truthfulness: Theological Reflections on Preaching and Performance (Marguerite Shuster)
2. Preaching, Performance, and the Life and Death of "Now" (Paul Scott Wilson)
3. At the Intersection of
Actio Divina and
Homo Performans: Embodiment and Evocation (Alyce M. McKenzie)
4. Performative Language and the Limits of Performance in Preaching (John M. Rottman)
5. Reversal of Fortune: The Performance of a Prophet (Mary Donovan Turner)
6. Performance and the New Testament in Preaching (Ronald J. Allen)
7. The Use of the Body in the Performance of Proclamation (Todd Farley)
8. Finding Voice in the Theological School (Richard F. Ward)
9. The Preacher's Creative Process: Reaching the Well (Jana Childers)
10. What Comes Next? Performing Music and Proclaiming the Word (Clayton J. Schmit)
11. The Musicality of Black Preaching: Performing the Word (William C. Turner Jr.)
12. Performance Study in Service to the Spoken Word in Worship (Charles L. Bartow)
Index
