“It is thus my notion that the preacher and congregation can reconstruct the time and place of preaching as a time and place for the practice of imagination, that is, the reimagination of reality according to the evangelical script of the Bible. Such preaching does not aim at immediate outcomes but, over time, intends, detail by detail, to make available a different world in which different acts, attitudes, and policies are seen to be appropriate. To aim at this “underneath” dimension of faith is consistent with Ricoeur’s conclusion that the “symbol gives rise to thought.”47 I would paraphrase Ricoeur to say that “the image gives rise to a new world of possibility,” and the preaching for which I contend is aimed at the image-making out of the text that may give rise to a church of new obedience.48” Excerpt From: Brueggemann, Walter. “The Word Militant.” Fortress Press. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
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