Description

This book encourages preaching to address our twenty-first-century, multifaceted reality of racialization across a diverse set of communities by means of a deep exploration of theory in dialogue with practices of preaching. The book consists of essays by a diverse group of scholars and sermons by a diverse group of preachers who aim to bridge theories that animate their work and practices that can speak the truth differently to ecclesial communities. Along the way, these scholars reference the work of philosopher Paul Ricoeur who integrates a hermeneutic of texts with a hermeneutic of the self so that preaching can interpret texts and recognize the selves who find themselves graciously empowered to resist racism and its harms for the long haul.

Table of Contents

Introduction
David Schnasa Jacobsen and Scott Donahue-Martens
Chapter 1: A “Hermeneutics of the Self” and Preaching Toward Open Friendship
Eunjoo Mary Kim
Chapter 2: A Journey to Discover Oneself
Yohan Go
Chapter 3: Crooked Sanctuaries: Preaching in the Situation of Racialized Trauma
Scott Donahue-Martens
Chapter 4: “Praying Standing”: A Sermon on Luke 13:10-17
Anna Carter Florence
Chapter 5: Oneself as Not Another: Hermeneutics in Action and the Practice of Black Love
James Henry Harris
Chapter 6: The Pedagogy of Preaching Liberation
Tony Baugh
Chapter 7: Fragility, Responsibility, and Recognition in Preaching about Racism
Carolyn B. Helsel
Chapter 8: Troubling Traditions: A Sermon with Commentary on 2 Timothy 3:14-17
Scott Donahue-Martens
Chapter 9: Trading in the Master's Tools: Preaching, White Racism, and Paul Ricoeur's Hermeneutics of Text and Self
David Schnasa Jacobsen
Chapter 10: Paul Ricoeur Between Hermeneutical Contingency and Ideological Critique: A Sermon with Commentary on Matthew 15:21-28
Jacob D. Myers
Chapter 11: A Guide to Ricoeur for Homiletics
Scott Donahue-Martens
Conclusion
David Schnasa Jacobsen and Scott Donahue-Martens
About the Editors and Contributors

Product details

Published Sep 18 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 256
ISBN 9781978716957
Imprint Fortress Academic
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

David Schnasa Jacobsen

David Schnasa Jacobsen is Professor Emeritus at Bo…

Anthology Editor

Scott Donahue-Martens

Scott Donahue-Martens teaches a variety of theolog…

Contributor

David Schnasa Jacobsen

David Schnasa Jacobsen is Professor Emeritus at Bo…

Contributor

Scott Donahue-Martens

Scott Donahue-Martens teaches a variety of theolog…

Contributor

Tony Baugh

Contributor

Yohan Go

Contributor

Eunjoo Mary Kim

Contributor

Jacob D. Myers

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