Finally Comes the Poet by Walter Brueggemann

Finally Comes the Poet by Walter Brueggemann

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Finally Comes the Poet by Walter Brueggemann

The Christian gospel, says Brueggemann, is too easily preached and heard. Too often technical reason and excessive religious certitude reduce the gospel to coercive, debilitating pietisms that mask the text's meaning and freeze the hearers heart.

With skill and imagination, Brueggemann demonstrates how the preacher can engage in daring speech-differently voiced and therefore differently heard. This speech, as suggested by the Bible itself, is poetic speech, enabling the preacher to forge communion in the midst of alienation, bring healing out of guilt, and empower the hearer for missional imagination. As an alternative to theological/homiletical discourse that is moralistic, pietistic or scholastic, Brueggemann proposes preaching that is artistic, poetic, and dramatic. The basis for the 1989 Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School, Finally Comes the Poet is a unique and transforming guide for powerful preaching.

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ISBN 13 9780800623944
ISBN 10 0800623940
Title Finally Comes the Poet
Author Walter Brueggemann
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher 1517 Media
Year published 1989-01-01
Number of pages 184
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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