Transformative Homiletics: Beyond the Pulpit

Preaching is possible in profoundly impactful, soulful, and meaningful ways. In many places this already happens―often beyond the pulpit and without being recognized as preaching. The authors examine the unquestioned power claims of traditional, front-facing preaching and offer alternative, feminist, and postcolonial approaches. Focusing on participation rather than pulpit-centered authority, they seek to transform preaching within a world that is itself in transformation.

Prof. Dr. Sabrina Müller is Chair of Practical Theology at the University of Bonn, Germany. She also serves as a project leader for the University Research Priority Program "Digital Religion(s)" at the University of Zurich and as a Research Fellow in the Discipline Group Practical Theology and Missiology at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She co-chaired the Practical Theology Unit of the AAR from 2020 to 2025 and serves on the boards of both IAPT and ISERT. Her work focuses on digital, empirical, postcolonial, and feminist theologies, as well as church innovation across the full breadth of Practical Theology. Müller has authored seven monographs (five in English), edited volumes and journal issues, and publishes in leading theological journals. With research experience extending beyond continental Europe, she brings a strong international perspective to her teaching and scholarship.

Jasmine Suhner, Ph.D. (1984), is a lecturer in religious education and psychology, University of Lucerne (Switzerland), and works independently as a strategy consultant and coach. Her research links theology and psychology, focusing on interreligious learning, connectedness, digital education, and transformation.