A Healing Homiletic

by Black, Kathy

• ISBN13: 9780687002917
• ISBN10: 0687002915
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-11-01
• Publisher: ABINGDON PRESS

Summary

In A Healing Homiletic: Preaching and Disability, Kathy Black offers a unique and effective approach for preaching about disabilities. By going to the heart of the gospel and drawing on the healing narratives or miracle stories, Black shows how preaching affects the inclusion or exclusion of forty-three million persons with disabilities from our faith communities. A Healing Homiletic provides a new method of preaching about healing, based on Scripture, for understanding the needs of the disability community.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(3)
Acknowledgments	10	(1)
Introduction	11	(8)
Part I
Healing and Theodicy	19	(24)
Angel or Devil, Blessed or Cursed	20	(3)
God's Will	23	(11)
Punishment for Sin	23	(2)
A Test of Faith	25	(2)
Opportunity for Character Development	27	(2)
Manifestation of the Power of God	29	(1)
Redemptive Suffering	30	(2)
God's Mysterious Omnipotence	32	(2)
A Theology of Interdependence	34	(9)
Hermeneutical Hazards	43	(14)
Bridging the Gap	44	(10)
Medical Values: Now and Then	45	(2)
Sickness, Disease, and Illness	47	(3)
Cure and Healing	50	(4)
Metaphorical Interpretations	54	(3)
Part II
Blindness	57	(31)
Blindness	58	(30)
The Text: John 9:1-41	60	(4)
Hermeneutics	64	(11)
Traditional Homiletic	75	(2)
A Healing Homiletic	77	(1)
The Text: Mark 10:46-52	78	(1)
Hermeneutics	78	(7)
Traditional Homiletic	85	(1)
A Healing Homiletic	86	(2)
Deafness and Hearing Loss	88	(16)
Deafness and Hearing Loss	88	(16)
The Text: Mark 7:31-37	92	(1)
Hermeneutics	93	(6)
Traditional Homiletic	99	(3)
A Healing Homiletic	102	(2)
Paralysis	104	(20)
Paralysis	104	(20)
The Text: Mark 2:1-12	109	(1)
Hermeneutics	110	(8)
Traditional Homiletic	118	(2)
A Healing Homiletic	120	(4)
Leprosy and Chronic Illness	124	(35)
Ritual Purity Laws	125	(4)
Leprosy in Biblical Times	129	(19)
The Text: Mark 1:40-45	131	(1)
Hermeneutics	132	(5)
Traditional Homiletic	137	(2)
A Healing Homiletic	139	(2)
The Text: Luke 17:11-19	141	(1)
Hermeneutics	141	(4)
Traditional Homiletic	145	(2)
A Healing Homiletic	147	(1)
Chronic Illness	148	(11)
The Text: Mark 5:25-34	151	(1)
Hermeneutics	152	(4)
Traditional Homiletic	156	(1)
A Healing Homiletic	157	(2)
Mental Illness	159	(21)
Demon Possession in Biblical Times	160	(2)
Mental Illness	162	(18)
The Text: Luke 8:26-39	165	(2)
Hermeneutics	167	(8)
Traditional Homiletic	175	(2)
A Healing Homiletic	177	(3)
A Healing Homilectic	180	(7)
Notes	187	(11)
Scripture Index	198