Christian Preaching and Worship in Multicultural Contexts

The Rev. Eunjoo Mary Kim, PhD, is professor of homiletics and liturgics at Vanderbilt University Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. 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), and Christian Preaching and Worship in Multicultural Contexts (2017). 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.

• Contents Acknowledgments viiForeword by Mark R. Francis, CSV   ixIntroduction   xiiiPart 1: Seeking Theological Foundations  Chapter 1: A Theology of Diversity   3Chapter 2: Preaching, Worship, and Culture   20Part 2: Exploring Multicultural HermeneuticsChapter 3: The Bible and Multicultural Hermeneutics   43Chapter 4: A Practice of Multicultural Hermeneutics: Luke 7:11-17   64Part 3: Searching for New Liturgical ModelsChapter 5: The Renewal of Christian Preaching and Worship   85Chapter 6: Models of Multicultural Worship   111Part 4: Practice in Multicultural ContextsChapter 7: Preaching and Worship as Reflective Practical Theology   131Sample Sermons and LiturgiesAppendix 1: Sermon: “Can We Love Our Enemies?” (Luke 6:27-36)   151Appendix 2: Liturgy: Worship at the Iliff Chapel   163Appendix 3: Sermon: “The Weeds and the Wheat” (Matt 13:24-30)   168Appendix 4: Sermon: “Women on the Way” (John 4:4-42)   182Appendix 5: Sermon: “Leading Toward Diversity” (Matt 15:21-28; Isa 56:1-8)   191Appendix 6: Liturgy: Worship at the Denver Presbytery Assembly Meeting   203Bibliography   209Subject Index   221Scripture Index   226

"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