Cadences of Home: Preaching Among ExilesMany of today's churchgoers wander in a world that was once structured and reliable, but now feels meaningless and incoherent. In this book, Walter Brueggemann argues for a dynamic transformation of preaching to help people find their spiritual home and to proclaim to the world that there is a home for all people. |
Contents
Speech among Exiles | 15 |
Testimony as a Decentered Mode of Preaching | 38 |
Rhetoric and Community | 57 |
Overhearing the Good News | 78 |
Rethinking Church Models through Scripture | 99 |
Abbreviations | 135 |
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