Postcolonial Preaching

HyeRan Kim-Cragg holds the inaugural Timothy Eaton Memorial Church Professorship in Preaching, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto, Canada.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Why Postcolonial Preaching?Chapter 1: Rehearsal: Practicing the Realm of God Here And Now But Not Quite YetChapter 2: Imagination: Proclaiming a New World Beyond Our Immediate GraspChapter 3: Place: Grappling with Colonial Realities and Locating One’s Own Social LocationChapter 4: Pattern: Vessels to Carry the Living Water Chapter 5: Language: Becoming a Postcolonial Polyglot with Cultural Linguistic CompetencyChapter 6: Exegesis: Exploring a Postcolonial Contrapuntal Reading for Interpreting ScriptureConclusion: What NextAfterword

The refugee camp on the island Moria in Greece was burning while I was reading the manuscript. Thousands of people were misplaced. The shameful failure of the European border regime was exposed anew. I take Kim-Cragg’s thoughtful and provocative proposal for a postcolonial perspective on preaching as a much needed contribution that takes these realities seriously.How can we confront the winds of chauvinism in a meaningful way? How can our proclamation shape our imagination in radically eschatological ways? How do we deal constructively with (post)colonial realities that are surrounding us? How do we approach biblical texts by engaging in postcolonial contrapuntal reading? Deep homiletical reflections and inspiring sermons address these questions.