Every two years homileticians, teachers and scholars of preaching, from all over the globe gather to share and learn from one another. For a short time the miles that separate them disappear and they become a community that is dedicated to improving the scholarship about and the teaching of preaching. And, for a brief while, they experience their presence together as the oneness in Christ.
In the summer of 2010, August 1st through 5th , the members of Societas Homilietica will convene in the United States of America for their biennial meeting. As the co-presidents of Societas Homiletica we would like to invite you to begin to make your plans to join us as we gather at Yale University to explore and discuss an important theme:
“Picturing God in a Fragmented World”
Portraits from our recent meetings in Copenhagen, Pretoria, and Singapore would bear witness to the diversity of those created in God’s image. We are women, men, with skin colors, hair colors, and eye colors as different as the colors in a rainbow.
Likewise, so too are the cultures in which we teach and preach. We all experience the fragmentation of our world, preaching to the prosperous and those who struggle for their daily bread. We live and teach where there is peace and the rage of war and civil unrest. Many of us experience oppression and risk death because they declare that Jesus Christ is Lord.
This year we will explore that diversity and difference in our theme “Picturing God in a Fragmented World.” We have invited speakers and worship leaders who will challenge us to reflect upon our incarnated, enculturated God and how we speak about that God in our preaching. We will be offering a rich variety of speakers and workshops.
We look forward to seeing you in New Haven.
Grace and Peace,
Thomas H. Troeger
Lantz Professor of Christian Communication
Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music
New Haven, Connecticut USA
Lucy Lind Hogan
Hugh Latimer Elderdice Professor of Preaching
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington, D.C. USA
Conference Proceedings
New Haven, CO, USA