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This volume, which launches the Engaging Worship series from Fuller Theological Seminary's Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, offers a unique study of sermon delivery. While many books offer advice on how to prepare, write, and preach a sermon, this volume is distinctive in approaching the subject from the perspective of performance.The authors, who teach at a variety of seminaries and divinity schools across the nation, examine how the sermon can bring God's word to life for the congregation. In that sense, they consider the idea of performance from a wide range of theological, artistic, and musical viewpoints. These thoughtful essays will engage clergy and students with new ways of looking at the art of preaching.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 novembre 2008
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781585588206
Langue	English

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Every preacher wants the sermon to not only say something but also do something. This book will tell you how! Two consummate performers of the Word themselves, Clayton Schmit and Jana Childers have assembled the leading figures in the field of performance studies-ranging from theology to dramaturgy to musicology-and have produced a book like no other. It will bless preachers and those who listen to preaching for a long time to come.
- Richard Lischer , James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor of Preaching, Duke Divinity School
Mention the words preaching and performance in the same sentence and some in the church get nervous. This helpful volume proves that such nervousness is unwarranted. Yes, preaching must be sincere, free of forced theatrics or any whiff of the pastor s merely putting on a show. But these essays remind us that pastors must bring the Word to life by paying attention to their delivery of that Word as the Holy Spirit uses vocal chords, cadences, rhythms, and the preacher s entire body to help the Word of God become flesh and blood Sunday after Sunday. Preachers take note: God has called the entirety of your being into the service of proclaiming the Word, and this fine book will challenge you to remember that each and every Sunday!
- Scott Hoezee , director, Center for Excellence in Preaching, Calvin Theological Seminary
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series editors Todd E. Johnson Clayton J. Schmit
Engaging Worship, a Brehm Center series, is designed to promote reflection on the practice of Christian worship by scholars, artists, and practitioners, often in conversation with each other. Each volume addresses a particular liturgical issue from one or multiple academic disciplines, while exploring ways in which worship practice and leadership can be renewed. Volumes in this series include monographs and edited collections from authors of diverse theological and ecclesial communities. The goal of this series is to bring scholars, students, artists, and church leaders into conversation around vital issues of theology and worship.
The Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts is an innovative space for the creative integration of worship, theology, and arts in culture. It is located at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Performance in Preaching
B RINGING THE S ERMON TO L IFE
E DITED BY J ANA C HILDERS AND C LAYTON J. S CHMIT
2008 by Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit
Published by Baker Academic a division of Baker Publishing Group P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287 www.bakeracademic.com
Printed in the United States of America
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-for example, electronic, photocopy, recording-without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Performance in preaching : bringing the sermon to life / edited by Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit.
p. cm. - (Engaging worship)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8010-3613-2 (pbk.)
1. Preaching. 2. Performance. I. Childers, Jana. II. Schmit, Clayton J. BV4211.3P47 2008 251-dc22
2008019338
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Scripture quotations labeled NIV are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
This book is dedicated to Charles L. Bartow. The trajectory of his thought and theology has plotted a path that we, with gratitude and humility, have been blessed to follow.
Contents
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Jana Childers and Clayton J. Schmit
1. The Truth and Truthfulness: Theological Reflections on Preaching and Performance
Marguerite Shuster
2. Preaching, Performance, and the Life and Death of Now
Paul Scott Wilson
3. At the Intersection of Actio Divina and Homo Performans : Embodiment and Evocation
Alyce M. McKenzie
4. Performative Language and the Limits of Performance in Preaching
John M. Rottman
5. Reversal of Fortune: The Performance of a Prophet
Mary Donovan Turner
6. Performance and the New Testament in Preaching
Ronald J. Allen
7. The Use of the Body in the Performance of Proclamation
Todd Farley
8. Finding Voice in the Theological School
Richard F. Ward
9. The Preacher s Creative Process: Reaching the Well
Jana Childers
10. What Comes Next? Performing Music and Proclaiming the Word
Clayton J. Schmit
11. The Musicality of Black Preaching: Performing the Word
William C. Turner Jr.
12. Performance Study in Service to the Spoken Word in Worship
Charles L. Bartow
Bibliography
Contributors
Ronald J. Allen Nettie Sweeney and Hugh Th. Miller Professor of Preaching and New Testament Christian Theological Seminary Indianapolis, Indiana
Charles L. Bartow Carl and Helen Egner Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, New Jersey
Jana Childers Dean of the Seminary and Professor of Homiletics San Francisco Theological Seminary San Anselmo, California
Todd Farley Associate Professor of Speech and Drama Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan
Alyce M. McKenzie Associate Professor of Homiletics Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas
John M. Rottman Associate Professor of Preaching Calvin Theological Seminary Grand Rapids, Michigan
Clayton J. Schmit Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Associate Professor of Preaching
Academic Director for the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California
Marguerite Shuster Harold John Ockenga Professor of Preaching and Theology Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena, California
Mary Donovan Turner Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Carl Patton Professor of Preaching Pacific School of Religion Berkeley, California
William C. Turner Jr. Associate Professor of the Practice of Preaching Duke Divinity School, Duke University Durham, North Carolina
Richard F. Ward Associate Professor of Preaching and Performance Studies Iliff School of Theology Denver, Colorado
Paul Scott Wilson Professor of Homiletics Emmanuel College, University of Toronto Toronto, Canada
Acknowledgments
This project follows the trajectory of a small set of key figures whose work in the areas of homiletics and performance studies has been seminal. They include William Brower, W. J. Beeners, and most recently Charles L. Bartow. These three Bs, like Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven, are the guiding lights of their art. Bartow is dean of the school of performance studies in preaching, and has tutored and mentored several of the authors in this volume. All of us have learned from his deep understanding of the intersection between God s Word and our human necessity to use every means at our disposal to bring this Word to life in the hearing of God s people. He is both the author of the concluding chapter in this volume and the friend and teacher to whom this book is dedicated.
We are grateful to two organizations for the generous support that brought this project to life: Director John Witvliet and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, and Executive Director Fred Davison and the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts at Fuller Seminary. We are also grateful to Bob Hosack and Jeremy Cunningham of Baker Academic; Bob shared the vision for such a volume, encouraged its development, and brought it to production, and Jeremy paid scrupulous attention to editorial details in the preparation of this book for print. Thanks go, as well, to a dedicated group of doctoral students whose administrative skills and assistance helped the book along in many ways: Ron Rienstra, Lisa Lamb, and Jeff Frymire. Finally, and as always, we thank our spouses and families (Tom, Carol, Kyrie, and Jacob) whose love and support for our academic work make it joyfully possible.
Introduction
J ANA C HILDERS AND C LAYTON J .S CHMIT
Preaching is a big tent with nearly as many kinds of preachers as there are people. High-wire artists, lion tamers, sideshow barkers, and ringmasters are only the beginning. In preaching s tent there are acrobats and dancers, strongmen, sequined ladies, and, of course, several kinds of clowns. Many successful preachers are extemporaneous performers. For others the real work gets done behind the scenes-in the dead of night, hunkered down in a pool of light in the middle of a battered desk. There are even some who do their best work at the business end of a cannon or behind the proverbial elephant.
There are a million ways to be an effective preacher. Probably more. Often a preacher s style is more a matter of life experience and temperament than conscious choice. Personality shapes pulpit style, sometimes for good and sometimes for ill. The preaching styles of teachers, life coaches, text critics, and priests will be different, no matter their homiletical training. The pulpit voices of therapists, soothsayers, exegetes, father figures, motivational speakers, and raconteurs will be easy to distinguish. What resources does homiletics have for helping preachers sift out the idiosyncratic from the individual? How much of the preacher s performance should be doing what comes naturally and how much should be governed by principles?
Preachers come in so many different stripes and styles. There are preachers who think of themselves as gurus, and preachers who think of themselves a