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Book SynopsisShould women who preach, preach as women?
Preaching Women argues that far from being a gender-neutral space, the pulpit is a critical place in which a gender imbalance can begin to be redressed. There is a vital need for women preachers to speak out of their experience of living as women in today's culture and churchFilling a glaring gap in the literature around homiletics,
Filling a glaring gap in the literature around homiletics,Preaching Women considers reasons why women preachers should preach from their experiences as women, what women bring to preaching that is missing without us, and how women preachers can go about the task of biblical preaching.
With a foreword by Libby Lane.
Trade Review'Not least among Liz Shercliff’s achievements in this fine book on preaching is to be reminded that ‘vocation’ and ‘voice’ are rooted in living bodies responding to God’s call. What I found especially impressive is Shercliff's patient, determined and gritty interrogation of the patriarchal effects which work to limit women’s voices in the pulpit and her determination to re-envision the preacher’s work in response. This, then, is not a comfortable book. However, it is a necessary one. It acknowledges the cost and character required for women to find, in their bodies and stories, the hope, fierceness and passion to sing God’s wondrous story in fresh ways.' -- Rachel Mann
'Fast-paced, forthright and spirited, this book is a page-turner! Liz Shercliff draws on her own considerable experience of preaching and wide-ranging research and reading in biblical hermeneutics, feminist theology, spirituality and faith development to protest women’s invisibility in much Christian preaching and to show what it can mean to bring women’s bodies, stories and lives into conversation with Christian faith. Novice and experienced preachers alike will find much here to stimulate and challenge their preaching.' -- Nicola Slee
Table of ContentsForeword by Libby Lane vii Introduction xv 1. What is Preaching? 1 2. Finding My Voice 16 3. Silencing Women: A Silencing Culture 41 4. Hearing Women’s Faith 76 5. Hearing Bible Women 106 6. Sermons for Women 129 7. Preaching as a Woman 152 8. Preaching Women 166 Bibliography 169 Index of Names and Subjects 175
