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In Postcolonial Preaching, HyeRan Kim-Cragg argues that preaching is the act of dropping the stone of the Gospel into a lake, making waves to move hearts and transform the world wounded by colonial violence. The ripple effect serves as a metaphor and acronym to guide to preaching that takes postcolonial concerns seriously: Rehearsal, Imagination, Place, Pattern, Language and Exegesis (RIPPLE). Kim-Cragg explains each "ripple" in this approach and exercise of creating and delivering sermons. The author delivers fresh insights while drawing on some traditional homiletical perspectives in the service of a homiletic that takes the reality of racism, migration, and environmental degradation seriously. Moreover, Kim-Cragg demonstrates the postcolonial sermon in action by including annotated homilies. This book contributes to the very first wave of the application of postcolonial scholarship in preaching. Given the continuing extent and influence of colonial worldviews and legacies, this approach should become a staple in preaching over the next generation.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction: Why Postcolonial Preaching?
Chapter 1: Rehearsal: Practicing the Realm of God Here And Now But Not Quite Yet
Chapter 2: Imagination: Proclaiming a New World Beyond Our Immediate Grasp
Chapter 3: Place: Grappling with Colonial Realities and Locating One's Own Social Location
Chapter 4: Pattern: Vessels to Carry the Living Water
Chapter 5: Language: Becoming a Postcolonial Polyglot with Cultural Linguistic Competency
Chapter 6: Exegesis: Exploring a Postcolonial Contrapuntal Reading for Interpreting Scripture
Conclusion: What Next
Afterword
About the author
HyeRan Kim-Cragg is Lydia Gruchy Professor of Pastoral Studies at St. Andrew's College at Saskatoon, Canada.
Summary
In Postcolonial Preaching, HyeRan Kim-Cragg calls for a postcolonial approach to preaching that takes identity, liturgy, migration and practice seriously. To address our current context, she proposes six concepts as essential elements of postcolonial homiletics: Rehearsal, Imagination, Place, Pattern, Language, Exegesis.
