Homiletical aesthetics: A paradigmatic proposal for a holistic experience of preaching

The article is a proposal for a paradigmatic change in homiletical pedagogy. In North America today, most homiletical training at the seminary or divinity school is either text-driven or know-how-driven (or, at times, topic-driven). Thus, the homiletical training focuses on (1) how to exposit a text...

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Published in:Theology today
Main Author: Yang, Sunggu 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. [2017]
In: Theology today
IxTheo Classification:RE Homiletics
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Performative (Philosophy)
B Pedagogy
B homiletic
B Performativity
B Preaching
B Aesthetics
B Mystery
B holistic education
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Summary:The article is a proposal for a paradigmatic change in homiletical pedagogy. In North America today, most homiletical training at the seminary or divinity school is either text-driven or know-how-driven (or, at times, topic-driven). Thus, the homiletical training focuses on (1) how to exposit a text for a key topic, (2) how to structure a sermon, (3) how to deliver a message, and (4) how to analyze the text-driven sermon. While admitting the usefulness of this current textual or know-how pedagogy, the article suggests the addition of a holistic-aesthetic component of preaching, which I will later call numen-participatory education or a numinous pedagogy of preaching. This proposed pedagogical paradigm has two great advantages that the ecclesial situation today demands: (1) the spiritual formation of the preacher and (2) the holistic-aesthetic and multisensory exposition and experience of the text both by the preacher and the audience.
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573616669563