Sacramental Presence

An Embodied Theology of Preaching

Ruthanna B. Hooke

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Lexington Books
24 May 2023

Christianity; Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals; Christian life & practice; Christian sacraments; Christian social thought & activity

Drawing on performance studies and sacramental and liturgical theology, Ruthanna B. Hooke develops a theology of proclamation grounded in the body’s experience of preaching. The author explores the claim that preaching is a sacramental event of communion with the triune God by comparing the steps involved in voice production with the fourfold shape of the Eucharist. This comparison yields a description of preaching as an event of self-offering that allows space for the humanity of the preacher and as an encounter with the Holy Spirit that is communal and prophetic. Preaching draws participants into Christ’s dying and rising, and hence into a mode of power known in vulnerability. Calling hearers into the eschatological event of the resurrection, preaching inherently moves toward proclamation on political and ethical issues. Hooke uses this theological framework to offer ways of preaching on environmental crisis and on racism. The author calls preachers to embodied engagement with preaching and describes a way for preachers to bear witness to Jesus Christ not only in the content of their proclamation, but in their way of being in the preaching event.

By: Ruthanna B. Hooke
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 540g
ISBN: 9781793614513
ISBN 10: 1793614512
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 24 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruthanna B. Hooke is associate professor of homiletics at Virginia Theological Seminary.

Reviews for Sacramental Presence: An Embodied Theology of Preaching

"Ruthanna B. Hooke is one of the most insightful thinkers in the field of preaching today. With a firm grasp of theology, history, liturgy, homiletics, and scripture, she shines a bright light on preaching as a deeply human act gathered into the intimacy of the fullness of God. She guides us toward the kind of proclamation most needed in our time and in every time, preaching that is ""loving, courageous, honest, open, and powerful."" This is a wonderful book, a book to ponder and to savor.--Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching, Candler School of Theology at Emory University Ruthanna Hooke has long been a singular scholar on preaching and the body and this outstanding text reveals why her voice is so vital. She brings four streams together: the voice of the theologian, the voice of the homiletician, the voice of the priest, and that of the voice teacher. Together they yield a liturgical theology of preaching that puts a bright spotlight on the role of the body. Anyone thirsting for a study of preaching that takes liturgy seriously will have that thirst quenched in this exceptional book.--Donyelle C. McCray, Yale Divinity School"