Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art
Explains how to analyze a congregation so the sermon really fits the listeners. Provides practical helps for preparing and delivering sermons that are meaningful and appropriate.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800627737
- eBook ISBN 9781451412956
- Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
- Pages 176
- Publication Date December 5, 1996
Endorsements
"The preacher can find many books giving advice on how to exegete the Bible. At last, here is a book with solid and helpful guidelines on how to exegete the congregation. Nora Tisdale blends the best scholarship on cross-cultural studies with her wise insights as an experienced pastor to break new ground in the field of preaching."
--Thomas G. Long
Princeton Theological Seminary
"Leonora Tubbs Tisdale presents us with a useful way to 'exegete' congregations and a striking new image of preaching as 'folk art.' She teaches us how to listen deeply for a congregation's operative theology. Then she shows us how to preach sermons that respond to and shape this theology."
--John S. McClure
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
--Thomas G. Long
Princeton Theological Seminary
"Leonora Tubbs Tisdale presents us with a useful way to 'exegete' congregations and a striking new image of preaching as 'folk art.' She teaches us how to listen deeply for a congregation's operative theology. Then she shows us how to preach sermons that respond to and shape this theology."
--John S. McClure
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary