Wonder Reborn : Creating Sermons on Hymns, Music, and Poetry
Thomas. Troeger
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, USA, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (225 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Introduction; 1 The Place of Beauty in Preaching; 2 To Make the Wounded Whole: Preaching on Hymns; 3 Hear How the Whole Creation Longs: Preaching on Music; 4 Quick-Eyed Love Draws Near: Preaching on Poetry; 5 Wonder Reborn through Beauty; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - This book explores an issue at the nerve of the long term health of all churches: how godly wonder can be reborn through renewed attention to the place of beauty in preaching and worship. The book opens with an exploration of the theological and cultural difficulties of defining beauty. It traces the church's historical ambivalence about beauty and art and describes how, in our own day, the concept of beauty has been commercialized and degraded. Troeger develops a theologically informed aesthetic that provides a counter-cultural vision of beauty flowing from the love of God. The book demonstra
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| ISBN | 9780195398885
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