Preaching and Social Issues

Leah D. Schade

doi:10.5771/9781538187623

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-8760-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-8762-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 260
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
1. What Do We Mean by “Social Issues”? No access
2. Ministry in the Midst of Political Volatility No access
3. My First Experience with Navigating a Social Issue in a Purple Congregation No access
4. Where I Stand Now No access
5. What Does It Mean to Empower Your “Prophetic” Voice? No access
6. Overview of Preaching and Social Issues No access
7. Notes No access
1. Surveying Preachers and Congregations in the “Purple Zone” No access
2. Increasing “Brittleness” in Congregations No access
3. 1. Denominations No access
  2. Ministry Status, Setting, and Worship Attendance No access
  3. Differences in Political Leanings between Clergy and Congregations No access
4. 1. Perceptions of Divisiveness Increase No access
  2. Prophetic Courage and the Realities of Vulnerability No access
  3. Barriers and Negative Pushback When Preachers Engage in Social Issues No access
5. Where Are Preachers Finding Support for Engaging Social Issues? No access
6. What Do Parishioners Say about Engaging Social Issues at Church? No access
7. Conclusion: Parishioners Are Already Talking about Social Issues—So Let’s Meet Them There No access
8. Notes No access
1. How the Assessment Tool Was Developed No access
2. 1. The Effects of Social Privilege—or Lack Thereof No access
  2. Personal and Professional Factors No access
3. 1. Congregational Health and Vitality No access
  2. The Role of Gender and Sexual Orientation No access
  3. The Role of Race and Culture No access
4. 1. Gauging “Brittleness” and Resilience No access
  2. The Role of Conflict and Church Governance No access
  3. Relational and Deliberative Well-Being within the Congregation No access
  4. It’s a Matter of Trust No access
5. Caveats and Cautions for the Assessment Tool No access
6. Summary of Three Approaches to Addressing Social Issues in Preaching No access
7. Questions for Reflection and Discussion on the Assessment Tool No access
8. Notes No access
1. The Gentle Approach: Strategies for Preaching about a Social Issue in a Low-Trust/High-Stress Congregation No access
2. Exercise: Gentle Approach for Addressing Immigration Using Leviticus 19:33-34 No access
3. The Invitational Approach: Strategies for Preaching about a Social Issue in a Medium-Trust/Medium-Stressed Congregation No access
4. Exercise: Invitational Approach for Addressing Environmental Issues Using Romans 8:18-25 No access
5. The Robust Approach: Strategies for Preaching about a Social Issue in a High-Trust/Low-Stress Congregation No access
6. Exercise: Robust Approach for Addressing Gun Violence Using Matthew 26:47-56 No access
7. 1. Spiritual and Relational Preparation No access
  2. Pragmatic Preparation No access
8. Conclusion: Speak the Truth in Love No access
9. Notes No access
1. The Loss of a Moral Center and the Need for Moral Formation No access
2. 1. 1. Strict Father Worldview No access
    2. Nurturant Parent Worldview No access
3. 1. The Complicated Relationship between Working Gospels and Moral Worldviews No access
4. 1. Humans Are “Groupish” No access
  2. The Six Moral Foundations No access
  3. The Role of Religion and Moral Foundations No access
  4. The Necessity of Building Moral Capital No access
5. Preaching Social Issues Can Help Build an Ethical Community No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Historical–Critical Exegesis: Jesus—and the Bible—Are Political No access
2. 1. Latinxs,22 the Bible, and Migration No access
3. 1. Jacquelyn Grant No access
  2. Delores Williams No access
  3. 1. Interpretive Questions for Reading Biblical Texts No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. 1. Communicative Ethic No access
  2. Witness Ethic No access
  3. Liberation Ethic No access
  4. Hospitality Ethic No access
  5. Conversational and Collaborative Preaching: Communicative and Hospitality Ethics No access
  6. Preaching in the Red–Blue Divide No access
  7. The Prophetic Aspect of Conversational and Collaborative Preaching No access
2. 1. Tyshawn Gardner’s Social Crisis Preaching: Communicative and Liberation Ethics No access
  2. Lisa L. Thompson’s Womanist Homiletic: Liberation and Witness Ethics No access
3. 1. HyeRan Kim-Cragg’s Linguistic Homiletic No access
  2. Lis Valle-Ruiz’s “Burlesque-esque” Homiletic No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
1. Immigration, Systemic Racism, and Christian Nationalism No access
2. 1. Gentle Strategies for Immigration No access
  2. Invitational Strategies for Immigration No access
  3. Robust Strategies for Immigration No access
3. 1. Gentle Strategies for Addressing Racism No access
  2. Invitational Strategies for Addressing Racism No access
  3. Robust Strategies for Addressing Racism No access
4. 1. 1. Red Light—STOP! No access
    2. Yellow Light—Tread Lightly No access
    3. Green Light—Go Deeper, Gently, and Wisely No access
5. Strategies for Sermons on Christian Nationalism No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. Exegesis of Philippians 2:1-13 No access
2. Two Sermons Addressing a Social Issue Based on Philippians 2:1-13 No access
3. 1. Background and Questions for Analysis No access
  2. Sermon: “One Mind in a Divided Church: Giving Ourselves for the Good of Others” No access
  3. Analysis of the Sermon No access
4. 1. Background and Questions for Analysis No access
  2. Sermon: “Cleaning Up and Clearing Out” No access
  3. Analysis of the Sermon No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Note No access
1. 1. Mills’s Sermon Excerpt and Analysis No access
2. 1. Hill’s Sermon Excerpt and Its Analysis No access
3. 1. Langeh’s Sermon Excerpt No access
  2. Sermon Analysis No access
4. 1. Birch’s Sermon Excerpt No access
  2. Sermon Analysis No access
5. 1. Queen Vashti Example 1: Inspiring the Moral Agency of Women in a Patriarchal Society No access
  2. Newell’s Sermon Excerpt No access
  3. Sermon Analysis No access
  4. Queen Vashti Example 2: “A Displaced Crown” No access
  5. Elery’s Sermon Excerpt No access
  6. Sermon Analysis No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
1. 1. Unforced Errors in Preaching about Social Issues and How to Avoid or Remedy Them No access
  2. Spiritual, Liturgical, Collegial, and Pastoral Practices to Support Preaching about Social Issues No access
2. 1. Twelve Steps for Responding to Criticism about a Sermon Regarding Social Issues No access
3. 1. Are We Really Supposed to Be One Big, Happy Family? No access
  2. Threat Multipliers No access
  3. Remember Your Ordination and Baptismal Vows No access
  4. When Parishioners Leave, Sometimes It Opens Room for New Growth No access
  5. Drawing Boundaries and Pruning the Vine No access
4. Should I Stay or Should I Go? No access
5. Final Thoughts and Words of Inspiration No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 241 - 248
Scripture Index No access Pages 249 - 250
Topical Index No access Pages 251 - 260