Communicating the Faith Indirectly: Selected Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers

By Paul L. Holmer

Book Overview

In this, the third volume of The Paul L. Holmer Papers: the reader will see Holmer's deep concern with the problems and possibilities of the sermon, liturgy, ministry, and spirituality. Inspired by S ren Kierkegaard's reflections on "indirect communication," and by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Holmer not only reveals his strenuous reflection on the sermon, but also gives
concrete examples of his own efforts to communicate, enabling his hearers and readers to "make sense" of their lives.
In the first part of this volume, Holmer reflects upon Kierkegaard's "indirect communication," a communication not of knowledge but of human capacity. In other pieces Holmer turns to liturgy, ministry, and spirituality. In the second part, the reader sees Holmer's own challenging, uncompromising practice of religious and Christian communication, in a selection of his sermons, addresses, and prayers. For anyone concerned with sermons, liturgy, spirituality, and the challenges of ministry, Holmer's essays and
addresses will prove indispensable.
This is the third volume of The Paul L. Holmer Papers, which includes also volume 1, 'On Kierkegaard and the Truth', and volume 2, 'Thinking the Faith with Passion: Selected Essays'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0227174119
• ISBN13: 9780227174111
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: James Clarke Company
• Length: 198 Pages