The Grace and Task of Preaching
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In this book, a sample of questions are addressed by a team of scholars from across the world including Timothy Radcliffe, Mary Catherine Hilkert, and Albert Nolan. These authors, skilled in biblical studies, theology and history, and personally committed to the duty and craft of preaching, help explore the implications of what the preacher attempts to do.
Edited by Michael Monshau OP
In this book, a sample of questions are addressed by a team of scholars from across the world including Timothy Radcliffe, Mary Catherine Hilkert, and Albert Nolan. These authors, skilled in biblical studies, theology and history, and personally committed to the duty and craft of preaching, help explore the implications of what the preacher attempts to do.
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- What is the point of preaching?
- Does it bore God as well as the hearers?
- Is it ever possible to preach helpfully on moral questions?
- Can preaching learn anything from adult education?
- How does preaching relate to a life of prayer or contemplation?
- Why did Vatican II insist on the value of liturgical preaching?
- What example can preachers take from the preaching of Jesus?
- How does one preach on global issues?
This is but a sample of questions addressed by a team of scholars from Ireland, Britain, the USA, the Philippines, South Africa and Australia in The Grace and Task of Preaching. Among18 contributors are Timothy Radcliffe, Mary Catherine Hilkert, and Albert Nolan. These authors, skilled in biblical studies, theology and history, and personally committed to the duty and craft of preaching, help explore the implications of what the preacher attempts to do. They recognise both the challenge and the joy of having a part in the grace and task of preaching.
368 pages
‘There is much that preachers can learn from [this book]’. – John Littleton, president, National Conference of Priests of Ireland
Dedicated to the Memory of Damian Byrne OP (1929-1996)
Edited by Michael Monshau OP
In this book, a sample of questions are addressed by a team of scholars from across the world including Timothy Radcliffe, Mary Catherine Hilkert, and Albert Nolan. These authors, skilled in biblical studies, theology and history, and personally committed to the duty and craft of preaching, help explore the implications of what the preacher attempts to do.
Details
- What is the point of preaching?
- Does it bore God as well as the hearers?
- Is it ever possible to preach helpfully on moral questions?
- Can preaching learn anything from adult education?
- How does preaching relate to a life of prayer or contemplation?
- Why did Vatican II insist on the value of liturgical preaching?
- What example can preachers take from the preaching of Jesus?
- How does one preach on global issues?
This is but a sample of questions addressed by a team of scholars from Ireland, Britain, the USA, the Philippines, South Africa and Australia in The Grace and Task of Preaching. Among18 contributors are Timothy Radcliffe, Mary Catherine Hilkert, and Albert Nolan. These authors, skilled in biblical studies, theology and history, and personally committed to the duty and craft of preaching, help explore the implications of what the preacher attempts to do. They recognise both the challenge and the joy of having a part in the grace and task of preaching.
368 pages
‘There is much that preachers can learn from [this book]’. – John Littleton, president, National Conference of Priests of Ireland
Dedicated to the Memory of Damian Byrne OP (1929-1996)
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