Arguing why biblical justice - not merely ethical/legal justice - should be applied to matters concerning the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized, the author of this text suggests that everyone is responsible for these people, since they are involved in a covenant with God.
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Burghardt's work is an expanded version of the 1994 Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching, which Burghardt originally delivered at the Yale Divinity School. As he explains in his preface, the lectures were shaped by an intersection of autobiography with history. He attributes their general subject--the Christian pulpit and the just word--to "recent preoccupations," but his passion for the preaching of justice is hardly a recent development. The lectureship has been identified from its inception with prominent preachers, many of whom have also been noted as theorists of preaching; Burghardt continues that tradition. The book is a mixture of homiletic theory and practice, as valuable for the window it provides on Burghardt's theological and pastoral development as for the particular positions it develops. It is also important for the insight it provides into the twentieth-century transformation of the Roman Catholic Church--a glimpse through the eyes of a generally progressive theologian and pastor shaped by a generally conservative institution. Steve Schroeder
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This is truly an outstanding offering by one of the pinnacle preachers of the 20th century! On target about justice and what the bible says and Jesus preaches about justice. A must have for preachers concerned with justice in life and in today's "care less, I've got mine-get your own" world.
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Several years ago, the creative Scripture scholar Walter Brueggemann addressed what he called the problem of "scandal" in the preaching of social, political, and economic issues: In Luke 7, after John the Baptist raises his christological question through his disciples whether Jesus is the Christ, and after Jesus answers with specificity that "the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised, and the poor rejoice," Jesus adds, "blessed is the one who is not scandalized by me" (v. 23). Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
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Several years ago, the creative Scripture scholar Walter Brueggemann addressed what he called the problem of "scandal" in the preaching of social, political, and economic issues: In Luke 7, after John the Baptist raises his christological question through his disciples whether Jesus is the Christ, and after Jesus answers with specificity that "the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised, and the poor rejoice," Jesus adds, "blessed is the one who is not scandalized by me" (v. 23). Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Extraordinary Lives: Thirty-Four Priests Tell Their Stories by Francis P. Friedl on page 24, page 27, and page 29
- Preaching to a Multi-Generational Assembly by Andrew Carl Wisdom on page 6, and Back Matter
- Justice: A Global Adventure by Walter J. Burghardt in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Focus on Theology: An Adult Faith-Formation Discussion Program by Kathleen Foley on page 189, and Back Matter
- Parables for Preachers: The Gospel of Luke: Year C by Barbara E. Reid Op on page 142, and Back Matter
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