This book explores an issue at the nerve of the long term health of
all churches: how godly wonder can be reborn through renewed
attention to the place of beauty in preaching and worship.
The book opens with an exploration of the theological and cultural
difficulties of defining beauty. It traces the church's historical
ambivalence about beauty and art and describes how, in our own day,
the concept of beauty has been commercialized and degraded. Troeger
develops a theologically informed aesthetic that provides a
counter-cultural vision of beauty flowing from the love of God.
The book demonstrates how preachers can reclaim the place of beauty
in preaching and worship. Chapter two employs the concept of
midrash to mine the history of congregational song as a resource
for sermons. Chapter three introduces methods from musicology for
creating sermons on instrumental and choral works and for
integrating word and music more effectively. Chapter four explores
how the close relationship between poetry and prayer can stir the
homiletical imagination. Each of these chapters includes a
selection of the author's sermons illustrating how preachers can
use these varied art forms to open a congregation to the beauty of
God.
A final chapter recounts the responses of congregation members to
whom the sermons were delivered. It uses the insights gained from
those experiences to affirm how the human heart hungers for a
vision of wonder and beauty that empowers people to live more
faithfully in the world.
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