{"product_id":"preaching-and-social-issues-tools-and-tactics-for-empowering-your-prophetic-voice-9781538187616","title":"Preaching and Social Issues: Tools and Tactics for Empowering Your Prophetic Voice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreaching and Social Issues: Tools and Tactics for Empowering Your Prophetic Voice \u003c\/i\u003eequips preachers to craft sermons that help congregations talk about topics of public concern based on strong ethical, biblical, and theological foundations as well as prudent sermonic strategies. Informed by years of research with clergy and congregations, Leah D. Schade provides practical and pastoral guidance for preachers to find their prophetic voice for their context with integrity and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreaching and Social Issues \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an assessment tool for gauging risk and capacity for preaching about social issues and suggests three approaches--Gentle, Invitational, and Robust. This book includes case studies and sermons that illustrate different approaches for preaching about contemporary topics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade\u003c\/b\u003e is the associate professor of Preaching and Worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. An ordained Lutheran minister (ELCA) for more than twenty years, she has pastored three Pennsylvania congregations in suburban, urban, and rural contexts. Her book, \u003ci\u003ePreaching in the Purple Zone: Ministry in the Red-Blue Divide \u003c\/i\u003e(Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2019), explores how clergy and congregations can address controversial social issues using nonpartisan, biblically-centered approaches and deliberative dialogue. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eCreation-Crisis Preaching: Ecology, Theology, and the Pulpit\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFor the Beauty of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, a Creation-centered Lenten devotional. She is co-editor and author with Margaret Bullitt-Jonas of \u003ci\u003eRooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis \u003c\/i\u003e(Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2019), and co-author with Jerry Sumney of \u003ci\u003eApocalypse When?: A Guide to Interpreting and Preaching Apocalyptic Texts.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the lead author, with Elizabeth Askew and Jerry Sumney, of \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Preaching: Scripture, Theology, and Sermon Preparation\u003c\/i\u003e (Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield, 2023). Rev. Dr. Schade is also the EcoPreacher blogger for Patheos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903309746450,"sku":"9781538187616","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b4421d8d-a0cf-412c-baa3-d88f986da592.jpg?v=1738488434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/preaching-and-social-issues-tools-and-tactics-for-empowering-your-prophetic-voice-9781538187616","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}