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Phil Snider is an award-winning author, pastor, public theologian, and teacher. His books include Preaching as Resistance, Justice Calls, Preaching After God, The Hyphenateds, and, with Emily Bowen, Toward a Hopeful Future (winner of the 2011 Mayflower Award for Best Book in Church and Society). He is perhaps best known for a speech he gave on equal rights for LGBTQ+ persons, which has been viewed on YouTube over five million times. In addition to providing religious commentary in various local and national media outlets, including NPR affiliates and nationally-syndicated radio and television programming, his work has been featured in the Huffington Post, Religion Dispatches, Slate, and USA Today. Phil teaches religious studies at Missouri State University and Drury University and has been a pastor at Brentwood Christian Church in Springfield, MO since 2003.

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Preaching as Resistance: Voices of Hope, Justice, and Solidarity Oct 2, 2018

by Phil Snider

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As nationalism, patriarchy, and alt-right fear-mongering threaten our troubled nation, the pulpit has again become a subversive space of sacred resistance. In this provocative and powerful collection of sermons from diverse pastors across America, hear the brave and urgent voice of Christians calling for radical change rooted in love, solidarity, and justice. Preaching as Resistance resists, confronts, and troubles the dangerous structures of authoritarianism and oppression crashing in from all sides – and proclaims the transformation, possibility, and hope stirring in the gospel of Christ.

From big-steeple churches in big cities to rural congregations in red states, preaching as resistance is practiced in a wide variety of social contexts and preaching styles, inspiring and equipping listeners to respond to the call of justice. Ideal for pastors and church leaders, Preaching as Resistance also provides the opportunity to experience hopeful, welcoming Christian voices rooted in the gospel values of love, solidarity, and justice. In these challenging times when Christianity is so often misrepresented, misunderstood, and misused for unjust agendas, take heart and find your own voice in this collection of resistance sermons from everyday pastors across the country.

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Preaching After God: Derrida, Caputo, and the Language of Postmodern Homiletics Aug 1, 2012

by Phil Snider

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Preaching After God introduces readers to the positive theological themes stirring in the work of influential philosophers like Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, Peter Rollins, and others. It shows how engaging their thought provides possibilities for preaching that highly resonate with postmodern listeners, especially those who don't wish to see Christianity reduced to little more than superstition and magic. Six lectionary-based sermons are included as examples.

"In this grand-scale book, Snider takes on the enormous task of rethinking homiletics in light of postmodern thought, and comes up with a fresh and wonderful preacher-sized proposal for speaking of God in times like ours. His refreshing honesty and engaging style will kindle new hope in those who secretly fear that preaching may be impossible in progressive circles. His energy and delight in asking the big questions will inspire others to do the same. A lively conversation-starter of a book."

- Anna Carter Florence, author of Preaching as Testimony and Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary

"There is a growing industry of Christians attempting to domesticate the work of radical thinkers to fit them into an already existing theological system. Provocative writers are thus tied to a Procrustean bed by religionists seeking to make them fit within an already established religious dogma. Not so with Snider. Here he reads these vital thinkers seriously and subtly, pouring their new wine into the old wineskins. Why? So as to crack open the actually existing church and help prepare the way for a new reformation."

- Peter Rollins, author of Insurrection

"In Preaching After God Phil Snider adroitly shows that postmodern theology will preach! He mounts an impressive argument that a 'homiletic of the event' is the best way to reach a world that has had enough of a supernaturalism that nullifies human agency, without sinking into an anthropologism where human subjects are the only game in town. He has an ear for postmodern theory and the gift of telling us what preaching needs to be. A must read for theologians and preachers alike."

- John D. Caputo, author of What Would Jesus Deconstruct? and Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion Emeritus at Syracuse University & David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Villanova University

"With a scholar's reach and a pastor's wisdom, Phil Snider courageously explores the postmodern crisis in religion and, thus, in preaching. He invigorates preaching once again by proposing a dangerous homiletical wager, that preachers risk everything, not on the power of their dogma but instead on the advent of the in-coming God. A most provocative book!"

- Thomas G. Long, author of Preaching from Memory to Hope and Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University

"There has been a lot of talk about preaching over the past number of years--debates about its viability and vitality ... But in the midst of all that talk, very little has been said about content.

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Justice Calls: Sermons of Welcome and Affirmation Mar 9, 2016

by Phil Snider

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This collection of sermons adds compelling clarity to the growing chorus of Christian voices that are passionate about LGBTQ justice and equality--not in spite of their faith but precisely because of it. With a combination of pastoral sensitivity, scholarly insight, and courageous vision, these sermons are a must-read not only for LGBTQ people longing to know they don't have to deny their religious convictions in order to embrace their sexuality and/or gender identity, but also for people of faith who wonder if they have to disregard the Bible in order to fully accept their LGBTQ neighbors, friends, and family members. This volume is an ideal resource for small groups, Sunday school classes, preachers, church leaders, and all people everywhere who are interested in recognizing how the rich resources in the Bible can be cultivated in order to celebrate--rather than condemn--LGBTQ friends and neighbors.
"In Justice Calls: Sermons of Welcome and Affirmation, Snider has collected a treasure trove of sermons affirming the welcome of LGBT persons at the table of God's love. Some are carefully exegetical, some deeply personal, all carefully crafted and full of grace. Starting with the call for equality and ending with a call for the transformation of the church, this volume walks the journey of God's affirming love for all with both care and courage."
--Mark C. Johnston, Executive Director, Open & Affirming Ministry Program, Gay, Lesbian, and Affirming Disciples Alliance, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Award-winning author Phil Snider, whose speech on LGBTQ rights has been viewed nearly five million times on YouTube, is the Senior Minister of Brentwood Christian Church in Springfield, Missouri. His books include Preaching After God (2012) and Toward a Hopeful Future (2010).

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The Hyphenateds: How Emergence Christianity is Re-Traditioning Mainline Practices Dec 30, 2011

by Phil Snider , Rev. Dr. Phil Snider , Phyllis Tickle

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In an age when more people in America are leaving the church than finding the church, The Hyphenateds shares reflections from church leaders who draw on the best of their respective traditions in order to meaningfully connect with those who often (for good reason) feel like giving up on Christianity and the church altogether. With chapters by Nadia Bolz-Weber, Carol Howard Merritt, Stephanie Spellers, Phyllis Tickle, and many others, The Hyphenateds offers fresh possibilities for reimagining and refashioning the role of the church in twenty-first century America.

"Here a baker's dozen of the most influential Hyphenateds in this country talk boldly and unapologetically about what they are doing, how they are doing it, and why they are doing it. Whether one is an emergence Christian or a mainline Christian or a traditional Christian or even a disaffected Christian, one has the opportunity here to look at the future through the lens of an evolving present. What's written here is intimately told, without apology, and with no holds barred." - Phyllis Tickle

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