Synopsis: Volume 3 The Paul L. Holmer Papers: Selected Sermons,
Addresses, and Prayers 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.
Endorsements: "This volume is such a gift to those of us who loved
Paul Holmer and were shaped by his thought. It is a thrill to hear
his distinctive voice again in these pages. This book may be an
even greater gift to those who have never read or heard Holmer. Now
you will get to see what all the fuss is about. Be forewarned,
however: do not open this book casually. You might be forever
changed as well." --Martin B. Copenhaver, Wellesley Congregational
Church "Paul Holmer took up Kierkegaard's emphasis on the
decisiveness of the 'how' over the 'what, ' inviting the
indirection so rightly registered in the book's title. A central
expression of 'how' is insistence upon compassion as chaperone,
guardian, and custodian of learning." --David Cain, University of
Mary Washington "Holmer is both philosopher and theologian,
providing sage advice for anyone who loves the church. The sermons,
most of which are appropriately based on some letter of St. Paul,
advise the church on a variety of pitfalls on the path of the
Christian life, urging steadfastness against worldliness, reminding
us of the power of the consciousness of immortality, and making
clear the place of thought in the Christian life." --Ronald E.
Hustwit Sr., The College of Wooster Author Biography: David J.
Gouwens is Professor of Theology at Brite Divinity School. He is
the author of Kierkegaard's Dialectic of the Imagination (1989) and
Kierkegaard as Religious Thinker (1996). Lee C. Barrett is Stager
Professor of Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary. He is the
author of The Heidelberg Catechism (2007), Foundations of Modern
Theology: Kierkegaard (2009), and co-editor of Kierkegaard and the
Bible (2010).
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