The Season of Creation : A Preaching Commentary

Norman C. Habel

ISBN 10: 0800696573 / ISBN 13: 9780800696573

Published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers Jul 2011, 2011

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Neuware - How can Christian congregations deepen awareness of and express their concern for the health of creation through worship and proclamation This book offers congregational leaders a host of biblical and liturgical resources to guide people into deeper connection with our imperiled Earth through a yearly observance of a new Season of Creation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Season of Creation : A Preaching Commentary
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Jul 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800696573
• ISBN 13: 9780800696573
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 13D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 330 grams

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Synopsis

As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who have pioneered the connections between biblical scholarship, ecological theology, liturgy, and homiletics provide here a comprehensive resource for preaching and leading worship in this new season. Included are theological and practical introductions to observance of the season, biblical texts for its twelve Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, and astute commentary to help preachers and worship leaders guide their congregations into deeper connection with our imperiled planet.

About the Authors

David Rhoads is Professor of New Testament Emeritus at Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago and the author of The Challenge of Diversity: The Witness of Paul and the Gospels (1996) and Reading Mark: Engaging the Gospel (2004); editor of From Every People and Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspective (2005); and coeditor of The Season of Creation: A Preaching Commentary (2011), all from Fortress Press.

H. Paul Santmirehas been a leader in the field of ecological theology for more than forty years. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), he is the author of The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology(1985),Nature Reborn: The Ecological and Cosmic Promise of Christian Theology(2000), andRitualizing Nature: Renewing Christian Liturgy in a Time of Crisis (2008), all from Fortress Press.

Norman C. Habel is a Professorial Fellow at Flinders University in Adelaide. He has long been involved in issues of biblical interpretation, including reading the Bible from an ecological and a decolonizing perspective.