Preaching As Weeping, Confession, and Res

By Christine M. Smith

Book Overview

How can a person preach a word of hope and faith in a world filled with violence and suffering? Christine Smith says one must encounter and name the evil that oppresses persons in the world--evils such as handicapism, ageism, sexism, heterosexism, white racism, and classism. She argues preaching is an interpretation of our present world and an invitation to a profoundly different world. It is a form of passionate weeping in a universe filled with suffering and oppression; a form of confession where preachers can shape sermons to call our communities to honest reflection; and it is a form of resistance, moving people to actively resist the attitudes and structures of oppression.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664252168
• ISBN13: 9780664252168
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"