In his teaching and his writing, Paul L. Holmer (1916-2004),
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota (1946-1960)
and Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale
Divinity School (1960-1987), not only made important contributions
to recent American theology, but was also much in demand as a
public speaker and preacher. Following his death, the Holmer family
in 2005 donated his papers to the Yale Divinity School Library. In
this, the third volume of The Paul L. Holmer Papers: 'Communicating
the Faith Indirectly', the reader will see Holmer's deep concern
with the problems and possibilities of the sermon, liturgy,
ministry, and spirituality. Inspired by Soren 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 of this
volume, 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'.
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