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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Margaret CoolingPublisher: SCM Press Imprint: SCM Press ISBN: 9780334061847ISBN 10: 0334061849 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 25 April 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Illustrations viii Introduction 1 1. Show and Plot 3 2. A Constellation of Characteristics 17 3. Embodiment and the Language of Earth 33 4. Art and the Sermon 50 5. Every Picture Tells a Story? 64 6. Creating Sermons that Show 77 7. Issues, Beginnings and Endings 92 8. The Language of Showing 109 9. A Big Issue 124 10. Imagination 136 11. Interpretation 153 12. Knowing 164 13. Where is the Application? 178 14. Theological Foundations 196 15. Sermons and Commentary 207 Concluding Thoughts 236 Index of Bible References 237 Index of Names and Subjects 241ReviewsTheologically grounded, drawing widely from art and contemporary culture, Margaret Cooling offers preachers new inspiration with a plethora of rich practical examples. She takes the bible with the utmost seriousness, and equips preachers to speak into situations messy and unresolved. Eminently, readable and rich; this book is a must for every preacher's bookshelf and every homiletic course reading list. Simply brilliant! -- Revd Dr Kate Bruce, author of 'Igniting the Heart' A wonderfully engaging book! Margaret Cooling unpacks the old saying 'Don't tell me, show me', taking preachers into what may be largely uncharted territory. Fortunately she is a skilful guide, exploring the world of the revelatory sermon, where characters display all the ambiguity of real life, the Bible is handled with imagination, doctrines are embodied, art and poetry have a key role to play, faith is worked out in ordinary life and 'the message' is not always buttoned up tight. The reader will profit from her grasp of homiletical theory but may be encouraged even more by the dozens of 'worked examples' which she offers. -- David Day, author of 'The Preaching Workbook' What if God is in this place - my messy and mundane existence where I live, work, and play - though I didn't know it? Seeing the here and now as the house of God makes all the difference. And that's the promise of Margaret Cooling's epiphany, her book acting as a Jacob's ladder of sorts. It guides preachers to dwell bodily in the details of Bible - its characters, settings, and revelatory plots - and emerge with good news to share that makes a difference right where Christ has called us to be. LICC has long sought Spirit-filled and art-full ways of engaging the Scriptures that dynamically bridge this ancient word and the contemporary Christian's world. Thank God for Margaret's insight, which on every level shows us the way. -- Dr Dave Benson, Director of Culture and Discipleship, The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC) Author InformationMargaret Cooling is the author of over forty books. For many years her speciality has been on using the arts to communicate Christianity within the field of education and has done worked with both the National Gallery and the BBC on the topic. She has been a lay preacher for over thirty years, and recently completed a PhD in homiletics at Durham University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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