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Paul's Community Formation Preaching in 1 Thessalonians: An Alternative to the New Homiletic

Paul's Community Formation Preaching in 1 Thessalonians: An Alternative to the New Homiletic

Paperback

General Christianity

ISBN10: 3034330898
ISBN13: 9783034330893
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Oct 23 2017
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

This book increases awareness about Paul's community formation preaching which has been widely ignored in the contemporary homiletical field where the New Homiletic has exerted a strong influence. By drawing on the sociological concept of symbolic boundaries, the author demonstrates that Paul in his preaching of 1 Thessalonians used three symbolic resources in order to create boundaries for the formation of the Thessalonian community: the kerygmatic narrative, local narratives, and ethical norms. This interdisciplinary study suggests that contemporary preachers, who face the task of forming Christian communities in a post-Christian society, should preach shared narratives and communal norms for the creation of boundaries as Paul did.

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