Confessing Jesus Christ: Preaching in a Postmodern World - Softcover

Lose, David J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802849830 ISBN 13: 9780802849830

Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2003

Synopsis

With its relentless insistence that there is no reality beyond that which we construct, postmodern thought questions the presuppositions of many disciplines, including homiletics. Offering a lively description of the postmodern worldview and its implications for Christian faith, Confessing Jesus Christ by David Lose teaches preachers how to rise to the challenges posed by our postmodern world.

Few if any books on preaching offer such a comprehensive investigation of postmodern thought or yield such a wealth of insights for relevant Christian proclamation. Significantly, Lose sees postmodernism not primarily as an obstacle to the church but as an opportunity for it to stand once again on faith alone rather than on attempts to prove the faith. According to Lose, preaching that seeks to be both faithful to the Christian tradition and responsive to our pluralistic, postmodern context is best understood as the public practice of confessing faith in Jesus Christ. He explores the practical implications of a confessional homiletic for preaching and also provides concrete methods for preparing sermons that meaningfully bridge biblical texts and contemporary congregations.

About this title

About the Author

David J. Lose is president of The Lutheran Theological Seminaryat Philadelphia. He is also the author of Making Sense of Scripture (2009).

Edition details

• Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802849830
• ISBN 13: 9780802849830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264