Preaching Parables to Postmoderns

by Brian C. Stiller

Book Overview

Stiller argues that Jesus' parables, through their narrative, personal, and oral dimensions and reversal of expectations, provide unique access to Christianity for those whose experience and hopes we label "postmodern." Aligning contemporary scholarship with today's cultural assumptions, Stiller offers preachers a working knowledge of postmodern sensibilities, an understanding of the parable genre, an analysis of ten parables, and a sample of how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800637135
• ISBN13: 9780800637132
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.7"