Preaching in the Purple Zone

Ministry in the Red-Blue Divide

Leah D. Schade (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2019
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-5381-1988-4 (ISBN)

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Preaching in the Purple Zone is a resource for helping the church understand the challenges facing parish pastors, while encouraging and equipping preachers to address the vital justice issues of our time.This book provides practical instruction for navigating the hazards of prophetic preaching with tested strategies and prudent tactics grounded in biblical and theological foundations. Key to this endeavor is using a method of civil discourse called “deliberative dialogue” for finding common values among politically diverse parishioners. Unique to this book is instruction on using the sermon-dialogue-sermon process developed by the author that expands the pastor’s level of engagement on justice issues with parishioners beyond the single sermon. Preaching in the Purple Zone equips clergy to help their congregations respectfully engage in deliberation about “hot topics,” find the values that bind them together, and respond faithfully to God’s Word.

Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade is assistant professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. She is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America with, twenty years of experience. She has pastored three different Pennsylvania churches, in suburban, urban and rural settings with members spanning the red-blue political spectrum. Leah earned both her MDiv and PhD degrees from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and is author of the book Creation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology and the Pulpit (Chalice Press, 2015). She has been an activist for environmental justice issues for over a decade.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Preaching about Controversial Justice Issues: Tracing the Contours of the Purple Zone
2 Beyond “Political”: Reframing Our Understanding of Politics and Preaching
3 Homiletical Foundations for Purple Zone Preaching
4 Five Paths of Prophetic Preaching in the Purple Zone
5 Preparing for the Sermon-Dialogue-Sermon Process
6 Preaching Sermon 1: Prophetic Invitation to Dialogue
7 Deliberative Dialogue in the Purple Zone
8 Preaching Sermon 2: Communal Prophetic Proclamation
9 Case Studies from the Purple Zone, Part 1: Immigration
10 Case Studies, Part 2: Four Journeys into the Purple Zone
11 Building Bridges in the Purple Zone: Where Do We Go from Here?
Appendix A: Sample Newsletter Article Announcing Deliberative Dialogue
Appendix B: Options for Planning One, Two, or Three Sessions for the Deliberative Dialogue
Appendix C: “Cheat Sheet” Questions to Encourage Deliberation
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Scripture Index
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2019
Zusatzinfo	2 BW Illustrations, 6 Tables
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 228 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	1-5381-1988-9 / 1538119889
ISBN-13	978-1-5381-1988-4 / 9781538119884
Zustand	Neuware