Preaching in the Purple Zone: Ministry in the Red-Blue Divide

Leah D. Schade

doi:10.5771/9781538119891

Summary

Preaching in the Purple Zone is a resource for helping the church understand the challenges facing parish pastors, while encouraging and equipping preachers to address the vital justice issues of our time.This book provides practical instruction for navigating the hazards of prophetic preaching with tested strategies and prudent tactics grounded in biblical and theological foundations. Key to this endeavor is using a method of civil discourse called “deliberative dialogue” for finding common values among politically diverse parishioners. Unique to this book is instruction on using the sermon-dialogue-sermon process developed by the author that expands the pastor’s level of engagement on justice issues with parishioners beyond the single sermon. This book equips clergy to help their congregations respectfully engage in deliberation about “hot topics,” find the values that bind them together, and respond faithfully to God’s Word.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-1987-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-1989-1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 244
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Foreword No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
1. Preaching about Controversial Justice Issues: Tracing the Contours of the Purple Zone No access Pages 13 - 28
2. Beyond “Political”: Reframing Our Understanding of Politics and Preaching No access Pages 29 - 46
3. Homiletical Foundations for Purple Zone Preaching No access Pages 47 - 58
4. Five Paths of Prophetic Preaching in the Purple Zone No access Pages 59 - 72
5. Preparing for the Sermon-Dialogue-Sermon Process No access Pages 73 - 84
6. Preaching Sermon 1: Prophetic Invitation to Dialogue No access Pages 85 - 96
7. Deliberative Dialogue in the Purple Zone No access Pages 97 - 118
8. Preaching Sermon 2: Communal Prophetic Proclamation No access Pages 119 - 140
9. Case Studies from the Purple Zone, Part 1: Immigration No access Pages 141 - 158
10. Case Studies, Part 2: Four Journeys into the Purple Zone No access Pages 159 - 180
11. Building Bridges in the Purple Zone: Where Do We Go from Here? No access Pages 181 - 200
Appendix A. Sample Newsletter Article Announcing Deliberative Dialogue No access Pages 201 - 202
Appendix B. Options for Planning One, Two, or Three Sessions for the Deliberative Dialogue No access Pages 203 - 206
Appendix C. “Cheat Sheet” Questions for Facilitating Deliberative Dialogue No access Pages 207 - 208
Notes No access Pages 209 - 220
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 221 - 224
Scripture Index No access Pages 225 - 226
Index No access Pages 227 - 242
About the Author No access Pages 243 - 244