Singapore 2004
Singapore 2004
Lecture 2: Dr John S. McClure
Dr John S. McClure leads one of the few doctoral programs in the field of homiletics in USA as the Charles G. Finney Professor of Homiletics at Vanderbilt University School of Divinity in Nashville, Tennessee.
During his tenure at Louisville Seminary, he perfected a model of collaborative preaching, a method which includes laity in sermon brainstorming and development. This methodology is outlined in his book, The Roundtable Pulpit: Where Leadership and Preaching Meet (Abingdon, 1995), which has inspired many preachers and colleagues within the Church to incorporate this process in their own sermon preparations. His other publications include The Four Codes of Preaching: Rhetorical Strategies (Fortress, 1991); Proclamation 5: Aids for Interpreting the Lessons for the Church Year and his most recent Otherwise Preaching: A Postmodern Ethic for Homiletics (Chalice Press, 2001).
Lecture 1: Professor Choan-Seng (C.S.) Song
Professor Choan-Seng (C.S.) Song is Professor of Theology and Asian Cultures at the Pacific School of Religion at Berkeley, U.S.A. He is President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. Professor Song has made seminal contributions to the exploration of interactions between Christian faith and contemporary social-political and cultural-religious situations in Asia. His many publications include Jesus, The Crucified People; Jesus and the Reign of God; Jesus in the Power of the Spirit; Third-Eye Theology; The Believing Heart; Invitation to Story Theology.
Workshop 10: Homiletical Experiences in China
"Homiletical Experiences in China"
The presentation is a compilation of the preaching experiences of seven graduate students from China currently doing post graduate work in the Post Graduate Studies at Trinity Theological College, Singapore. Two of the students are full time local church pastors and five are teachers in theological seminaries, and all of them are actively engaging in preaching ministry of the local congregations. Their preaching ministry covers quite a wide range of geographical areas of China. Their experiences are by no means representative of the entire Christian preachers in China. They serve only as a window to the larger world of richness and diversity in the preaching ministry in China. The compilation is done through the feedback of a set of questionnaire and notes of personal conversations aiming at drawing out some aspects of preaching ministry and homiletical concerns facing the mainline churches in China.
Workshop 9: Violence
"Violence"
Members should be prepared to share one story of conflict to the workshop. The area of conflict will be explored with a view of the role or investment of a minister in the midst of violence.
I will be sharing stories of conflict from South Africa. One from the white community and another from a black community. The group will explore how the communities reacted in the midst of conflict. We will explore sermons preached at that time.
The workshop will also explore conflict in a global village. The agenda is as follows:
- short lecture on conflict
- sharing of stories by members of group
- short lecture on sermons of conflict from South Africa
- response from delegates
- sharing their global experiences of conflict
- conclusion on the role of a minister in the midst of conflict
Workshop 8: To Speak of the Holy: God, Language and the Task of Preaching
"To Speak of the Holy: God, Language and the Task of Preaching"
This paper examines the impossible possibility of preaching. It begins with an analysis of the basis of all theological language, and examines the language of preaching in the light of discourse about God in theology and in the liturgy of the church. It establishes the relationship between language and truth, especially in the light of the postmodern challenge. The paper argues the thesis that preaching is discourse about the divine which is undergirded by scripture and tradition, but at the same time also shaped by cultural and theological imagination.
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