Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit
Ebook
Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit is a prequel to the writing and delivery of the sermon. The work of invention which includes the gathering of material is the primary focus of the book. The hard work of preaching takes place in the thinking, reading, and writing. The cross-disciplinary study provided here covers lessons learned by preachers and by novelists, poets, philosophers, and rhetoricians.
“Rodney Kennedy’s Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit passionately seeks to persuade preachers to be lifelong readers, and not just of the usual suspect topics: theology, biblical studies, ethics, and homiletics. While firmly rooted in biblical, theological, and historical perspectives, he eloquently nudges us to ‘voyage to other planets,’ to visit the kingdoms of novelists, poets, philosophers, and rhetoricians.”
—Alyce M. McKenzie, professor of preaching and worship, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
“Language and metaphors influence our thinking about people, institutions, and circumstances. Rodney Kennedy’s book places the reader in the unique position of having to think about the books and metaphors that influence the most personal aspects of faith, life, and the human condition. A truly thoughtful and engaging addition to the literature on homiletics.”
—Thomas J. Lasley, professor and dean emeritus of education and health sciences, University of Dayton
“As someone who for eight years had the privilege of hearing his sermons, I can authoritatively say that Rodney Kennedy is a preacher extraordinaire. And in this wonderfully instructive and inspiring book he calls on those who preach to engage in the hard work of learning and borrowing from novelists, poets, philosophers, and—most importantly—rhetoricians. More than this, he calls on preachers to have ‘the courage to face the powers and the principalities.’ Amen!”
—William Trollinger, professor of history, University of Dayton
- Title: Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit
- Author: Rodney Wallace Kennedy
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666712308, 9781666712285, 1666712280, 9781666712292, 1666712299, 1666712302
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666712308
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-06T20:45:29Z
Rodney Wallace Kennedy is a writer and American Baptist Churches USA pastor. He is the author of The Immaculate Mistake: How Evangelicals Gave Birth to Donald Trump and Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy.