A Handbook for Catholic Preaching

by Edward Foley

Publisher:

Liturgical Press

, 2022

Overview

While admitting particular parameters and priorities for Roman Catholic preachers, this volume was intentionally envisioned as a handbook for “catholic” preaching in the broadest and most universal sense of that term. Cosponsored by the Catholic Academy of Liturgy, the Catholic Association of Teachers of Homiletics, and the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions, it covers the role of the Scriptures in preaching, the challenges of preaching in a digital age, sermonizing in an interfaith context, and the need for a liberative and prophetic word that cuts across denominations and even faith traditions. Intended to aid those who teach or direct the preaching arts, the design and writing style of this book are particularly calibrated to graduate students in ministerial studies. Every article is a self-contained overview of a particular historical period, genre of preaching, homiletic theory, or contemporary issue. This more encyclopedic approach—devoid of footnotes, yet supported by pertinent bibliography and an extensive index—provides a sufficiently rich yet thoroughly accessible gateway to major facets of the preaching arts at this stage of the twenty-first century.

Key Features

• Covers the role of the Scriptures in preaching.
• Provides a sufficiently rich yet thoroughly accessible gateway to major facets of the preaching.
• Envisions as a handbook for “catholic” preaching.

Praise for A Handbook for Catholic Preaching

This handbook covers basic issues related to preaching. It could profitably be used in introductory courses about preaching in universities and seminaries.

--Pierre Hegy, Catholic Books Review

An excellent example of contextual theology in which a diverse community of contemporary scholars collaborates to uncover the theological depth and cultural complexity of the preaching ministry, its role in the life of prayer, and it methodological possibilities in the church today.

--Theological Studies

This excellent volume should be on the bookshelf of every seminarian, theology student, and homilist.

--Pastoral Liturgy

Product Details

• Title: A Handbook for Catholic Preaching
• Author: Edward Foley
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Pages: 344
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9780814669402, 0814669409
• Resource ID: LLS:HNDBKCTHLPRCHNG
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-09T19:22:53Z

About Edward Foley

Edward Foley’s, interests include practical theology, the interplay of worship and the arts (especially music), ritual performance, and medieval Christianity. He studies the history of worship especially from the viewpoint of the action of the assembly. He is co-author, with Rev. Herbert Anderson of Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals: The Intersection of Worship and Pastoral Care and author of From Age to Age: How Christians Celebrated the Eucharist.