Illustrated throughout by cases of the author and others, this book tells how to analyze a congregation so that the preacher's sermon really fits his audience. The book then gives practical help for preparing and delivering sermons that are meaningful and appropriate. Tisdale draws from contextual theology and congregational studies.
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Tisdale's book is accessible and very useful for pastors.,
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This review is from: Preaching as a Local Theology (Fortress Resources for Preaching) (Paperback)
Tisdale's book helps pastors to be better contextual preachers. She guides them in exegeting their congregations and in preaching sermons vis-a-vis that exegesis. Many of us preachers know that we are supposed to preach contextually, but we learn this lesson in seminary, where the context is very different from that of our congregations. Tisdale helps us to pay more attention to our parishioners and preach to THEM.Her book contains an abundance of useful lists and suggestions. It is easy but enlightening reading.
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A one-of-a-kind, this book is helpful to those doing research into the values of a particular congregation's culture in order to discern how to best preach to a particular people. Tisdale helps pastors do their own ethnographic cultural analysis by looking at such intangibles as symbols and stories in order to determine what is valued and has meaning for folks and in order to determine what kind of sermon will best preach the gospel to various types of congregations. Where the book falls short is in helping pastors discern how to preach against a particular congregation's values when they are at odds with the gospel the pastor was ordained to preach, which makes this a more pastoral book, perhaps to the detriment of the prophetic calling pastors also have.
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did not find this book helpful. Most preachers know to create sermons with their hearers in mind.
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folk art, contextual preaching, congregational subculture, contextual preacher, congregational exegesis, congregational imagination, sermon preparation process, local theology, false stumbling blocks, congregational character, congregational context, congregational identity, local theologian, local preaching, congregational culture, local theologies, congregational life, right imaginings, preaching event, congregational studies, sermon forms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African American, United States, Jesus Christ, The Culture Shock of Preaching, Holy Spirit, Fred Craddock, Word of God, James Hopewell, Robert Schreiter, Walter Brueggemann, Lord's Supper, Christmas Eve, James Wind, Old Testament, Clifford Geertz, South Korea, Exegeting the Congregation Browse Sample Pages:
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- Listening to Listeners: Homiletical Case Studies (Channels of Listening) by John S. McClure on 4 pages
- Other-Wise Preaching: A Postmodern Ethic for Homiletics by John S. McClure on page 99, page 114, and Back Matter
- Birthing the Sermon-Women Preachers on the Creative Process by Jana Childers on page 69, and Back Matter
- The Gendered Pulpit: Preaching in American Protestant Spaces (Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms) by Associate Professor Roxanne Mountford on page 133, and Back Matter
- Voicing the Vision: Imagination and Prophetic Preaching by Linda L. Clader in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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