Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Mark R. Francis, CSV
Introduction
Part 1: Seeking Theological Foundations
Chapter 1: A Theology of Diversity
Chapter 2: Preaching, Worship, and Culture
Part 2: Exploring Multicultural Hermeneutics
Chapter 3: The Bible and Multicultural
Hermeneutics
Chapter 4: A Practice of Multicultural
Hermeneutics: Luke 7:11-17
Part 3: Searching for New Liturgical Models
Chapter 5: The Renewal of Christian Preaching
and Worship
Chapter 6: Models of Multicultural Worship
Part 4: Practice in Multicultural Contexts
Chapter 7: Preaching and Worship as Reflective
Practical Theology
Sample Sermons and Liturgies
Appendix 1: Sermon: “Can We Love Our Enemies?” (Luke 6:27-36)
Appendix 2: Liturgy: Worship at the Iliff Chapel
Appendix 3: Sermon: “The Weeds and the Wheat” (Matt 13:24-30)
Appendix 4: Sermon: “Women on the Way” (John 4:4-42)
Appendix 5: Sermon: “Leading Toward Diversity” (Matt 15:21-28; Isa
56:1-8)
Appendix 6: Liturgy: Worship at the Denver Presbytery
Assembly Meeting
Bibliography
Subject Index
Scripture Index
Eunjoo Mary Kim is professor of homiletics and liturgics at Iliff
School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. She is the author of
Preaching in an Age of Globalization (2010), Women Preaching:
Theology and Practice through the Ages (2004), and Preaching the
Presence of God: A Homiletic from the Asian American Perspective
(1999), as well as a coeditor of Women, Church, and Leadership: New
Paradigms (2012). An ordained minister (PCUSA), Kim has served
local parishes.
Mark Francis, CSV, is president of Catholic Theological Union in
Chicago and the author of Shape a Circle Ever Wider: Inculturating
the Liturgy in the United States. He previously served as superior
general of Viatorians and taught at the Athenaeum of St. Anselm in
Rome.
"Eunjoo Kim offers solid theological grounding and much practical
wisdom for transforming worship in contemporary multicultural
contexts. She skillfully weaves together theological and liturgical
studies from a wide range of Christian traditions. Her book should
be studied—and used—by all who seek to develop ways of worship
suitable in a time of incredible cultural diversity."Ruth Meyers,
Dean of Academic Affairs and Hodges-Haynes Professor of Liturgics,
Church Divinity School of the Pacific
"At last, someone has provided a detailed guide for how to make
multicultural preaching and worship a reality. In her book, Eunjoo
Kim challenges mainline Protestants to rethink their exclusive
theologies and use non-Christian sacred texts and stories to
broaden and illumine theological implications. In addition to
providing sound theoretical foundations and samples of sermons and
worship services, she also walks her readers, step-by-step, through
the processes of multicultural biblical interpretation, liturgy
formation, and sermon preparation. This is a must-have text for
those who are committed to worship that truly reflects the reign of
God."Debra J. Mumford, Frank H. Caldwell Professor of Homiletics,
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
"Eunjoo Mary Kim believes that an imaginative, eschatological
vision of wondrous diversity can transform the ways that we worship
and preach. This vision is seen and felt in every sentence of this
hopeful and practical book. The reader not only feels invited into
Kim's kaleidoscopic vision but also is given perspectives and tools
for practicing preaching and worship in ways that rehearse this
vision each week, across all traditions and cultures."John S.
McClure, Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship,
Vanderbilt Divinity School
"Kim offers a fitting text for our pluralistic times and presses
essential questions for preachers and worship leaders. More than a
foundation for preaching in diverse contexts and a set of
strategies, this book is a call to participate in the sweeping and
surprising work of the Holy Spirit."Donyelle McCray, Assistant
Professor of Homiletics, Yale Divinity School
"In this volume, Kim argues that while we are all living in locally
and/or globally multicultural contexts, most churches still stick
to a conventional, monocultural preaching and worship style, along
racial, ethnic and cultural lines. Therefore, it is crucial to
bring about a paradigm shift to the ministry of preaching and
worship in order to make them more relevant to culturally diverse
context."Homiletics
"This book identifies itself as practical theology, but it is far
more than a collection of tips on preaching in multicultural
settings. Kim has constructed a theologically and philosophically
rich inquiry into the nature of multicultural Christian communities
and the opportunities and requirements that such a community
invites. Her book contains example sermons and liturgies, but to
appreciate the masterful way they are put together requires
attention to the deep thinking represented by the rest of the
book."Anglican Theological Review
"Pick up the book and read. It is challenging. It is handy for
experts, programmers, preachers, and the general reader. It is a
must for those who live and minister in multicultural
contexts."Ecclesia Orans
"This book identifies itself as practical theology, but it is far
more than a collection of tips on preaching in multicultural
settings. Kim has constructed a theologically and philosophically
rich inquiry into the nature of multicultural Christian communities
and the opportunities and requirements that such a community
invites. Her book contains example sermons and liturgies, but to
appreciate the masterful way they are put together requires
attention to the deep thinking represented by the rest of the
book."Anglican Theological Review
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