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A runaway slave during the Civil War, Hope's father returns after the Emancipation Proclamation as a member of the U.S. Colored Troops.
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“It all starts with urgency…”. Engaging with the local
Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1, which form part of the church’s normative library, are two underestimated windows regarding our ecclesiological identity and our missional presence in the world. Both deal with Paul’s effective church planting efforts in the city of Thessalonica. By immersing ourselves in these texts, which also serve as hermeneutical mirrors, we intend to participate in a mimetic learning process, in order to come to terms with the nature of Paul’s embodied proclamation of the Gospel and his missional urgency. This urgency, which was embedded in his own imitation of the suffering and joy of Christ, was also transplanted into the lives of the Thessalonians. In turn, their commitment to the Word, their steadfastness in suffering, and their openness to people from different social strata and cultures turned them into embodied examples of the Gospel right across the Greek world. Hence, the challenge to us as contemporary believers is to creatively, yet urgently, synchronise our own theological agendas, as well as our ecclesial practices and missional activities, with these normative textual mirrors and windows.
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THE PANDEMIC AND HOMILETICS 101: A REFLECTION
The global pandemic of COVID-19 across the year 2020 afforded pastors everywhere an opportunity to engage in some critical reflection on their homiletic practices. The dual challenges of no longer being able to preach to a physically present congregation and of preaching during a time of significant fear, stress, and sorrow revealed to many preachers aspects of preaching of which they had not previously been aware. This article suggests that some of what was discovered during this unusual season provides correctives for the way in which homiletics and preaching have been practised in many places and that some of these correctives should endure in the preaching life of the church long after the pandemic has passed.
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THE PRACTICES OF CHRISTIAN PREACHING. ESSENTIALS FOR EFFECTIVE PROCLAMATION
A review of Alcántara, J.E. (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2019) 214 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8010-9866-6 (R403)
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Aurality in preaching: A text-centred rhetorical interpretation of 1 Corinthians 2:1–5
This article examines the hermeneutical and exegetical art of preaching the gospel, focusing on 1 Corinthians 2:1–5 to explore Paul’s rhetorical intent as transmitted aurally. Paul underscores that God chose societal outsiders, rather than nobles, to proclaim his message, thereby challenging Roman-Corinthian expectations. While considerable scholarship exists on Paul’s theology of preaching, there remains a gap in the exploration of aurality within hermeneutical and rhetorical-exegetical studies. This research addresses this gap by analysing Paul’s use of aural transmission in preaching. Employing a rhetorical-critical methodology, specifically text-generated persuasion-interpretation (TGPI), the study investigates how Paul’s rhetorical strategies – particularly his deliberate distancing from philotimia, human wisdom and eloquence – served to enhance his persuasive impact. The study highlights that the transformative power of the gospel resides not in human wisdom, but in God’s power, urging contemporary preachers to refrain from elevating their status through rhetoric and to instead embrace the aural nature of gospel proclamation.ContributionThis article presents an innovative interdisciplinary contribution to New Testament studies by combining aurality and rhetoric within a TGPI framework. It offers a unique methodology for interpreting the intended meaning of 1 Corinthians 2:1–5, exploring how aurality functions as a persuasive tool in Paul’s rhetorical strategy. This approach will deepen the understanding of Paul’s ‘wide proclamation’, shedding light on how the auditory nature of his message plays a crucial role in the reception and impact of the gospel.
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Where/How/For What Purpose Is Christ Being Proclaimed Today: Rethinking Proclamation in the World of Peripheries
The content of proclamation cannot go unqueried if the much-needed work of addressing the structures of marginalities that play out in Christianity is to be completed. This task is urgent in order to address the role of Christianity in contemporary societies. To think that the proclamation of Christ is itself neutral, is to refuse to address how the structures that Christianity creates decide the fate of many in the world. A close study of the peripheries that Christian ecclesial structures create reveals the emergence of a form of a decolonial response to the agenda inherent in the embrace of a hegemonic approach to proclamation that plays out at the center of Christianity, and Christianity’s ecclesial institutions. These peripheries are a reminder that the center itself is in need of reform to allow for all who experience erasures to become visible.
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“It all starts with urgency…” Engaging with the local ekklesia of Thessalonica as a window and mirror en route to sustained missionary impact
Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1, which form part of the church’s normative library, are two underestimated windows regarding our ecclesiological identity and our missional presence in the world. Both deal with Paul’s effective church planting efforts in the city of Thessalonica. By immersing ourselves in these texts, which also serve as hermeneutical mirrors, we intend to participate in a mimetic learning process, in order to come to terms with the nature of Paul’s embodied proclamation of the Gospel and his missional urgency. This urgency, which was embedded in his own imitation of the suffering and joy of Christ, was also transplanted into the lives of the Thessalonians. In turn, their commitment to the Word, their steadfastness in suffering, and their openness to people from different social strata and cultures turned them into embodied examples of the Gospel right across the Greek world. Hence, the challenge to us as contemporary believers is to creatively, yet urgently, synchronise our own theological agendas, as well as our ecclesial practices and missional activities, with these normative textual mirrors and windows.
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Der Glaube kommt vom Hören. Das Modell des Salzburger Evensongs als gesungene Form der Verkündigung
While the number of churchgoers has constantly been going down in the last years, an interesting observation can be made: The number of people attending choral evensong has significantly increased in the last decades. Not only believers, but non-believers as well are overwhelmed by this form of liturgy based on the singing of the choir. This article describes the project of Salzburg’s Evensong, an adaption of the Anglican choral evensong for the German-speaking context of catholic or protestant parishes. Based on the theological awareness that faith comes from hearing, the project focuses on the insight that singing is a way of proclamation as well. Thus, Salzburg’s Evensong offers an attractive liturgical format that has an ecumenical dimension and pays attention to the aesthetic aspect of faith.
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Update: how proclamations are influencing the grassroots movement for dark & quiet skies
Beginning in 2022, light pollution and grassroots advocacy expert Amy C. Oliver FRAS began partnering with DarkSky International (formerly International Dark-Sky Association) to increase traditional and social media coverage of International Dark-Sky Week through the strategic use of proclamations and other ceremonial documents and recognitions throughout their global advocate network. While the year-over-year growth of the proclamations programme and the resultant media attention provide mathematical performance indicators of success, intangible successes have also become evident through the increased confidence of DarkSky advocates and their willingness to engage in both grassroots and policy conversations regarding dark and quiet skies. Previously reported results from ASP2022, Solar Eclipses to Space Telescopes: Communicating Science to Students and the Public, and its forthcoming Proceedings are updated herein, along with additional and new learnings previously unreported.
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From Skepticism to Story: Reclaiming the Bible’s Metanarrative for Postmodern Audiences
This article examines the epistemological and homiletical implications of postmodernity for Christian preaching. It addresses the communicative crisis introduced by postmodern skepticism toward metanarratives. It proposes a constructive theological response through the re-articulation of the gospel as a coherent, storied, and transformative metanarrative. Drawing on interdisciplinary scholarship in theology, homiletics, epistemology, and cultural theory, this study argues that a thoughtful engagement with postmodern critique can serve as a catalytic force for ecclesial renewal. The article advocates for a homiletic method that re-engages Scripture’s narrative form while emphasizing relational epistemology, incarnational witness, and contextual sensitivity. By utilizing narrative theology, post-critical epistemologies, and performative models of preaching, this study proposes a recalibrated approach to gospel proclamation, adapted for fragmented and skeptical audiences, while safeguarding theological orthodoxy.
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