Preaching and the Theological Imagination

From a conference during the spring of 2012 at Harvard Divinity School, 16 papers discuss preaching presence: sacrament, narrative, embodiment; liturgy and lost exegesis: recovering preaching resources; on classical Anglican preaching; critique, complexity, companionship: preaching to various constituencies; difficult topics, preaching angles; and empathy, authority, power: practices of preaching. Among the topics are real presence: sacramental embodiment in preaching, George Herbert on the "dangerous" art of preaching, preaching and the metaphysical lyric, faithful approaches for pacifist pastors to speak the truth in love, and the ethos of effective preaching in the age of multiculturalism. The volume also includes the two sermons Imagining Resurrection, and In Hope of the Glory of God. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Zachary Guiliano is a doctoral candidate in medieval history at St. John’s College (Cambridge) and a Gates Cambridge Scholar (2012–2015). His research focuses on patristic and early medieval biblical interpretation, preaching, and religious life, especially on the uses of the Homiliary of Paul the Deacon in the Carolingian era. He is co-editor with Charles Stang of The Open Body: Essays in Anglican Ecclesiology (Peter Lang, 2012) and the author of articles in Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, Studia Patristica, and The Living Church. He is also editor of the Covenant weblog.
Cameron E. Partridge is Lecturer and Counselor for Episcopal and Anglican Students at Harvard Divinity School and the Episcopal Chaplain at Boston University. He received his ThD from Harvard Divinity School, focusing on conceptions of embodiment, Christology, and asceticism in patristic and contemporary Christian theology. He is the author of essays in The Open Body: Essays in Anglican Ecclesiology (Peter Lang, 2012) and Theology and Sexuality (forthcoming).