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Book SynopsisThis book examines the early Korean Pentecostal homiletical approach in its context. In particular, it draws on the writings of French philosopher Paul Ricoeur, which mediate between objectively reconstructing the meaning of a text in its original context and moving to the world in front of the text. Author Woori Han also focuses on the homilies on the Song of Songs and other works by twelfth-century French Cistercian mystic and theologian Bernard of Clairvaux, whose writings promote the spiritual formation of the believer. The book encourages a balance between emphasizing the individual's dynamic experience of encountering the Holy Spirit (divine healings, miracles, speaking in tongues) and the individual's inner sanctification or purification by the Holy Spirit (union with God in Christ through the Spirit).
This book encourages preachers to deepen their reading of the biblical text and to be open to the possibility of being transformed in the process. The book is especially
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“Dr. Woori Han, engaging his beloved Korean Pentecostal ministry of preaching, provides a contemporary and much needed dialogue between this rich faith tradition, contemporary hermeneutics exemplified by Paul Ricouer’s approach to an existential reading of a text, and the Roman Catholic practice of lectio divina, as explored in the homilies of the Cistercian mystic and theologian, Bernard of Clairvaux. The freshness of this wholistic approach suggests the possibility of a transformative reading of the Word of God in a way that broadens the revelatory grace at work in evangelical preaching. Union with God Thorough a Transformative Homiletic is an important ecumenical contribution to the field of homiletics, honoring both the biblical witness and those gathered to hear the Word of God as the testimony of their own lives. In such a dialogic preaching event, both preacher and assembly experience God’s Word as truly ‘fulfilled in their hearing’ (Lk. 421).” —Paul A. Janowiak SJ, Associate Professor of Liturgical and Sacramental Theology, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara; Author of The Holy Preaching: The Sacramentality of the Word in the Liturgical Assembly
Table of Contents
Introduction – History and Development of Early Korean Pentecostalism – Biblical Hermeneutics of the Classical Pentecostal Tradition – Paul Ricoeur’s Hermeneutical Theory: Discourse and the Surplus of Meaning – Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s Concept of Loving God – A Transformative Engagement with the Scriptures for Contemporary Korean Pentecostals – Conclusion – Appendix – Bibliography – Index.
