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Transformative Homiletics: Beyond the Pulpit : (Power)Sensitive Preaching in a Changing World: Theology in Practice, cartea 16

Autor Jasmine Suhner, Sabrina Müller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 iul 2026
Preaching is possible in profoundly impactful, soulful, and meaningful ways. In many places this already happens—often beyond the pulpit and without being recognized as preaching. The authors examine the unquestioned power claims of traditional, front-facing preaching and offer alternative, feminist, and postcolonial approaches. Focusing on participation rather than pulpit-centered authority, they seek to transform preaching within a world that is itself in transformation.
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ISBN-13: 9789004762404
ISBN-10: 900476240X
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Theology in Practice


Notă biografică

Prof. Dr. Sabrina Müller is Chair of Practical Theology at the University of Bonn, Germany. She also serves as a project leader for the University Research Priority Program "Digital Religion(s)" at the University of Zurich and as a Research Fellow in the Discipline Group Practical Theology and Missiology at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She co-chaired the Practical Theology Unit of the AAR from 2020 to 2025 and serves on the boards of both IAPT and ISERT. Her work focuses on digital, empirical, postcolonial, and feminist theologies, as well as church innovation across the full breadth of Practical Theology. Müller has authored seven monographs (five in English), edited volumes and journal issues, and publishes in leading theological journals. With research experience extending beyond continental Europe, she brings a strong international perspective to her teaching and scholarship.

Jasmine Suhner, Ph.D. (1984), is a lecturer in religious education and psychology, University of Lucerne (Switzerland), and works independently as a strategy consultant and coach. Her research links theology and psychology, focusing on interreligious learning, connectedness, digital education, and transformation.

Cuprins

Foreword

1 Introduction
1.1 Why Another Homiletics – and Is This Even One?
1.2 Methodological Positioning: on the “Production” of the Phenomenon of “Preaching beyond the Pulpit”
1.3 How Is This Book Structured?

Part 1 Pulpit Consciousness: a Critique of the Pulpit

2 Navigating the History of Homiletics through the Pulpit: an Outline

3 The Origins of the Pulpit as a Site of Public Communication
3.1 Cathedra and Throne as Places of Preaching
3.2 Ambo and Lectern as Places of Preaching
3.3 Elevation and Heightening
3.4 Pulpits – Elevated Locations as Portable Lecterns
3.5 The Pulpit – a Place of Public Discourse
3.6 Art-Historical Aspects

4 The Pulpit as a Confessional Site

5 The “Classic Pulpit Consciousness”
5.1 Masculine Pulpit Consciousness
5.2 Spatially Defined and Embodied Pulpit Consciousness
5.3 Institutionally Empowered (Mono-)Confessional Pulpit Consciousness

6 Current Homiletics Discourses Examined
6.1 The Homiletic Standard in the German-Speaking Context
6.2 Wilfried Engemann: Preaching as an Open Semiotic Process
6.3 Albrecht Grözinger: Speaking with the Senses
6.4 Ernst Lange: Talking with Listeners about Their Life
6.5 Martin Nicol and Alexander Deeg: Putting One Another in the Picture – Dramaturgical Homiletics
6.6 A Brief Reflection on the German-Speaking Homiletic Standard

7 Lines of Development in Homiletics in the United States
7.1 African American Preaching: the Example of Gardner Calvin Taylor
7.2 New Homiletic: the Example of Fred B. Craddock
7.3 Further Developments after the New Homiletic

8 Do We Need a New Pulpit Consciousness?

Part 2 Power-Sensitive Homiletics

9 Who’s Got the Power? A Look at Power (Theories)
9.1 The Concept of Power and Forms of Power
9.2 Theories and Discourses of Power

10 Recent Power Discourses as Potential for Transformative Homiletics
10.1 Participatory Power Discourses
10.2 Feminist Power Discourses
10.3 Postcolonial and Postcolonial-Feminist Power Discourses
10.4 Power-Sensitive Homiletics: a Glance at Power-Sensitive Homiletical Discourses
10.5 EXCURSUS: the Influence of Digital Culture on Power-Sensitive Homiletics

11 The Crux: We Are Part of a (Power) System. Or: What Now?

Part 3 A Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics or: from the Pulpit to the Construction Site

12 A Look Back
13 What Is a “Transformative Homiletics”?
13.1 What Does “Transformation” and “Transformative” Mean?
13.2 What Is Transformation Research?

14 Ruach – the Pneumatological Foundation of a Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics
14.1 Ruach – a Space-Creating and Moving Non-concept
14.2 Ruach – the Feminine Aspect of ruach
14.3 Ruach – a Transformative, Power-Sensitive Force
14.4 A Brief Pause
14.5 Inspirations from Resonance for Ruach – or Vice Versa
14.6 Ruach – a Reference Point for Further Homiletic Approaches

15 Transformative Homiletics
15.1 Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics – a Model
15.2 Transformative Actions

16 Dimensions of a Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics
16.1 Dimension: Sharing (Interpretive) Power
16.2 Dimension: Starting from Religious Experiences and Lived Theology
16.3 Dimension: Truly Taking the Body Seriously (Embodiment)
16.4 Dimension: Daring to Welcome Polyphony
16.5 Dimension: Imagining and Enacting the “Construction Zone of the Kingdom of God” Together

17 Welcome to the Homiletics Construction Site!
17.1 Nevertheless, Dare to Preach Transformatively!
17.2 This Is Just the Beginning

18 Transformative Learning Ecosystems: Religious Communication, Digitalization, and Systemic Empowerment
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Transformative Learning
18.3 Transformative Learning – a Process on Multiple Levels
18.4 Transformative Learning in a (Post-)digital Society
18.5 AI, Education, and Homiletics
18.6 In Review: Competencies for Transformative Homiletic Work in a (Post-)digital Society
18.7 Using This Book as Teaching Material for Courses/Workshops/General Educational Events
18.8 Keep Playing
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