Item Type: Book Chapters
BIBLICAL STUDIES
Carol LaHurd "Biblical Exorcism and Reader Response to Ritual in Narrative" In The Daemonic Imagination: Biblical Text and Secular Story. eds. Robert Detweiler and William G. Doty. Atlanta: American Academy of Religion 1990 : 53-63Applying reader response criticism and ritual studies, LaHurd examines Jesus’ encounter with the Gerasene demoniac in Mark 5. Mark’s portrayal of Jesus is illuminated by analysis of such ritual elements as liminality, exorcism, and the categories of clean and unclean.
WORSHIP AND PREACHING
Barbara Lundblad "Preaching Social Justice from the Lectionary" eds. Ronald J. Allen, Dale Andrews and Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press 2011This new commentary focuses on preaching justice themes from lectionary texts. Each author deals with five texts: Gospel, Epistle, two Old Testament readings and two psalms. My essays are on the lectionary texts for the same Sunday in the three-year cycle: Proper 18: Years A, B and C.
“Homiletical Perspectives” for Year A: Proper 18 (Exodus 12: 1 – 14), Proper 18 (Psalm 149), and Proper 19 (Exodus 14: 19 – 31) These essays focus on texts that were omitted in the first volumes of Feasting on the Word.
Several Roman Catholic and Protestant women reflect on the paintings of Janet McKenzie. My chapter is on her intriguing work titled “In the Garden of Blessing.”
“Homiletical Perspectives” for three Sundays: Ascension (Acts 1: 1 – 11), Sixth Sunday of Easter (Acts 10: 44 – 48), and Seventh Sunday of Easter (Acts 1: 15 – 17, 21 – 26).
This chapter presses the question: whose narratives are important enough for preaching? Since most biblical texts are about men, including lectionary texts, preachers need to be intentional to hear the voices of women.
This is a revised resource with short entries by several authors defining topics related to homiletics.
This is a revised resource with short entries by several authors defining topics related to homiletics.
The author’s sermon, “Down by the Riverside,” is the Prologue to these reflections. The sermon was preached during the North American consultation of the WCC. This sermon is based on the Acts 16 story of Lydia‘s encounter with Paul.
Each woman in this book writes about her process in developing a sermon. My chapter focuses on the sermon as a meeting place between the scripture text and the community text. In addition to the essay there is a sermon entitled “After Emmaus.”