The Mystery and the Passion: A Homiletic Reading of the Biblical Traditions
David G. Buttrick
Sep 2002 · Wipf and Stock Publishers
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resurrection and death in order to connect modern preaching with the excitement of a changed world.
"Although we may be jaded by sermons that chase Bible verses tediously for twenty minutes or more, original listeners heard the gospel as a huge excitement…The apostles announced a changed world. The human world, they claimed, had begun all over again; we are living now in a 'new creation.' They invited startled listeners to join God's new humanity."
--From the Introduction
Buttrick's teatment is no romanticizing of early Christianity. The church then was as dismaying as it is now. Instead, this book focuses on the early Christian sense that they had passed from death to new life--a reversal that began with Jesus' resurrection, then explored his passion, and finally his ministry and life.
This book carefully examines the Gospel traditions so that this great reversal can be captured in Christian theology and proclamation.
"Although we may be jaded by sermons that chase Bible verses tediously for twenty minutes or more, original listeners heard the gospel as a huge excitement…The apostles announced a changed world. The human world, they claimed, had begun all over again; we are living now in a 'new creation.' They invited startled listeners to join God's new humanity."
--From the Introduction
Buttrick's teatment is no romanticizing of early Christianity. The church then was as dismaying as it is now. Instead, this book focuses on the early Christian sense that they had passed from death to new life--a reversal that began with Jesus' resurrection, then explored his passion, and finally his ministry and life.
This book carefully examines the Gospel traditions so that this great reversal can be captured in Christian theology and proclamation.
About the author
David Buttrick is Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor Emeritus of Homiletics and Liturgies, at Vanderbilt University Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee. Along with The Mystery and the Passion, his previous books include Homiletic (Fortress Press, 1987) and Preaching Jesus Christ (Wipf and Stock, 2002), among others. His most recent title is Speaking Jesus.
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