Foreword 1 Introduction 1.1 Why Another Homiletics - and Is This Even One? 1.2 Methodological Positioning: on the "Production" of the Phenomenon of "Preaching beyond the Pulpit" 1.3 How Is This Book Structured?Part 1 Pulpit Consciousness: a Critique of the Pulpit2 Navigating the History of Homiletics through the Pulpit: an Outline 3 The Origins of the Pulpit as a Site of Public Communication 3.1 Cathedra and Throne as Places of Preaching 3.2 Ambo and Lectern as Places of Preaching 3.3 Elevation and Heightening 3.4 Pulpits - Elevated Locations as Portable Lecterns 3.
5 The Pulpit - a Place of Public Discourse 3.6 Art-Historical Aspects4 The Pulpit as a Confessional Site 5 The "Classic Pulpit Consciousness" 5.1 Masculine Pulpit Consciousness 5.2 Spatially Defined and Embodied Pulpit Consciousness 5.3 Institutionally Empowered (Mono-)Confessional Pulpit Consciousness6 Current Homiletics Discourses Examined 6.1 The Homiletic Standard in the German-Speaking Context 6.2 Wilfried Engemann: Preaching as an Open Semiotic Process 6.3 Albrecht Grözinger: Speaking with the Senses 6.
4 Ernst Lange: Talking with Listeners about Their Life 6.5 Martin Nicol and Alexander Deeg: Putting One Another in the Picture - Dramaturgical Homiletics 6.6 A Brief Reflection on the German-Speaking Homiletic Standard7 Lines of Development in Homiletics in the United States 7.1 African American Preaching: the Example of Gardner Calvin Taylor 7.2 New Homiletic: the Example of Fred B. Craddock 7.3 Further Developments after the New Homiletic8 Do We Need a New Pulpit Consciousness? Part 2 Power-Sensitive Homiletics9 Who''s Got the Power? A Look at Power (Theories) 9.1 The Concept of Power and Forms of Power 9.
2 Theories and Discourses of Power10 Recent Power Discourses as Potential for Transformative Homiletics 10.1 Participatory Power Discourses 10.2 Feminist Power Discourses 10.3 Postcolonial and Postcolonial-Feminist Power Discourses 10.4 Power-Sensitive Homiletics: a Glance at Power-Sensitive Homiletical Discourses 10.5 EXCURSUS: the Influence of Digital Culture on Power-Sensitive Homiletics11 The Crux: We Are Part of a (Power) System. Or: What Now? Part 3 A Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics or: from the Pulpit to the Construction Site12 A Look Back 13 What Is a "Transformative Homiletics"? 13.1 What Does "Transformation" and "Transformative" Mean? 13.
2 What Is Transformation Research?14 Ruach - the Pneumatological Foundation of a Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics 14.1 Ruach - a Space-Creating and Moving Non-concept 14.2 Ruach - the Feminine Aspect of ruach 14.3 Ruach - a Transformative, Power-Sensitive Force 14.4 A Brief Pause 14.5 Inspirations from Resonance for Ruach - or Vice Versa 14.6 Ruach - a Reference Point for Further Homiletic Approaches15 Transformative Homiletics 15.1 Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics - a Model 15.
2 Transformative Actions16 Dimensions of a Transformative, Power-Sensitive Homiletics 16.1 Dimension: Sharing (Interpretive) Power 16.2 Dimension: Starting from Religious Experiences and Lived Theology 16.3 Dimension: Truly Taking the Body Seriously (Embodiment) 16.4 Dimension: Daring to Welcome Polyphony 16.5 Dimension: Imagining and Enacting the "Construction Zone of the Kingdom of God" Together17 Welcome to the Homiletics Construction Site! 17.1 Nevertheless, Dare to Preach Transformatively! 17.2 This Is Just the Beginning18 Transformative Learning Ecosystems: Religious Communication, Digitalization, and Systemic Empowerment 18.
1 Introduction 18.2 Transformative Learning 18.3 Transformative Learning - a Process on Multiple Levels 18.4 Transformative Learning in a (Post-)digital Society 18.5 AI, Education, and Homiletics 18.6 In Review: Competencies for Transformative Homiletic Work in a (Post-)digital Society 18.7 Using This Book as Teaching Material for Courses/Workshops/General Educational Events 18.8 Keep Playing Bibliography.