Preaching Christ in a postmodern culture /
Beville, Kieran.
Preaching Christ in a postmodern culture / K.A. Beville. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010. - 1 online resource (174 pages)
Preface -- The shift from contextualization to syncretism in the western Christian church -- Understanding postmodernism : issues pertaining to the feasibility of the homiletic task in the contemporary epistemological context -- Developing an approach to preaching which is cognizant of postmodern culture -- Inductive and deductive modes of preaching.
Starting with some observations relating to shifts in ecclesiology and identifying them as a move beyond contextualization to syncretism this work goes on to assess the feasibility of preaching in a postmodern culture which rejects both the idea of absolute truth and authority used as power. It traces the historical and philosophical development of postmodernism. The Enlightenment project is deemed to have failed and Christianity is perceived as an oppressive metanarrative. In a world that is ...
9781443821872 144382187X
Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Preaching.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Preaching.
Preaching.
Electronic books.
BV4211.3 .B48 2010
251
Preaching Christ in a postmodern culture / K.A. Beville. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010. - 1 online resource (174 pages)
Preface -- The shift from contextualization to syncretism in the western Christian church -- Understanding postmodernism : issues pertaining to the feasibility of the homiletic task in the contemporary epistemological context -- Developing an approach to preaching which is cognizant of postmodern culture -- Inductive and deductive modes of preaching.
Starting with some observations relating to shifts in ecclesiology and identifying them as a move beyond contextualization to syncretism this work goes on to assess the feasibility of preaching in a postmodern culture which rejects both the idea of absolute truth and authority used as power. It traces the historical and philosophical development of postmodernism. The Enlightenment project is deemed to have failed and Christianity is perceived as an oppressive metanarrative. In a world that is ...
9781443821872 144382187X
Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Preaching.
RELIGION--Christian Ministry--Preaching.
Preaching.
Electronic books.
BV4211.3 .B48 2010
251
