Performance in Preaching : Bringing the Sermon to Life

by Childers, Jana

• ISBN13: 9780801036132
• ISBN10: 0801036135
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback w/DVD
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

This volume, which launches the Engaging Worship series from Fuller Theological Seminary's Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, offers a unique study of sermon delivery. While many books offer advice on how to prepare, write, and preach a sermon, this volume is distinctive in approaching the subject from the perspective of performance.The authors, who teach at a variety of seminaries and divinity schools across the nation, examine how the sermon can bring God's word to life for the congregation. In that sense, they consider the idea of performance from a wide range of theological, artistic, and musical viewpoints. These thoughtful essays will engage clergy and students with new ways of looking at the art of preaching. Included is a DVD that complements the text, which contains over three hours of material and covers a variety of practical subjects.

Author Biography

Jana Childers (PhD Graduate Theological Union) is the dean of the seminary and professor of homiletics and speech communication at San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is the author of Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre. Clayton J. Schmit (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is the academic director of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts and the Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Chair of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Too Deep for Words: A Theology of Liturgical Expression.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. 9
Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
The Truth and Truthfulness: Theological Reflections on Preaching and Performance	p. 19
Preaching, Performance, and the Life and Death of "Now"	p. 37
At the Intersection of Actio Divina and Homo Performans: Embodiment and Evocation	p. 53
Performative Language and the Limits of Performance in Preaching	p. 67
Reversal of Fortune: The Performance of a Prophet	p. 87
Performance and the New Testament in Preaching	p. 99
The Use of the Body in the Performance of Proclamation	p. 117
Finding Voice in the Theological School	p. 139
The Preacher's Creative Process: Reaching the Well	p. 153
What Comes Next? Performing Music and Proclaiming the Word	p. 169
The Musicality of Black Preaching: Performing the Word	p. 191
Performance Study in Service to the Spoken Word in Worship	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 225
Index	p. 243
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