Charles L. Rice's Preaching Theory and Its Applications to Preaching for Young Adults

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Since 1962, when Charles L. Rice came to have a new approach to the Word of God and the preacher's role, he has been convinced of the significance of the dialogue between theology and literature. In his imaginative and creative homiletical work, the intention of preaching is to bring people to an encounter with God at a particular time and place. For this homiletical task, Rice relies heavily on the preacher's ability to correlate biblical narratives with contemporary experience. He invites preachers to rediscover how the contemporary human story can be imaginatively discovered in the metaphors and images of The Story. According to Rice, authentic preaching is worldly because it needs to take present human experience seriously and to share The Story with people. He suggests storytelling as the most effective method in making the connection between the person and the sermon. For Rice, storytelling is crucial to the recovery of preaching in that the very genre of story tends to open preachers both toward the communities in which they preach and toward the tradition as well. Furthermore, he proposes a more intentionally liturgical, specifically sacramental orientation for the sermon. For Rice, a primary function of the sermon is liturgical, standing as it does between Scripture, on the one hand, and Sacrament, on the other.
Charles L. Rice's new understanding of preaching can be more effectively applied to preaching for young adults because they have an antipathy toward dogmatic or moralistic language. First of all, it is basic and essential for preachers to understand the contemporary culture as experienced by the youth in order to recognize their own experiences of daily life. Although Rice mainly considers contemporary literature as the way of worldly preaching, this constructive work for preaching can be done in more various ways, such as music, art, sports, movies, etc. In terms of the style of preaching for young adults, sermons need to be more spontaneous and open to the moment. Also, like art, preaching for young adults should be in the indicative more often than the imperative mood. Finally, Rice helps preachers to rethink preaching for young adults with the close relationship between preaching and liturgy. In the wider context of worship, preaching for young adults needs to employ the lectionary as well as to be more concise.

참고문헌 (Reference)

1 Rice, Charles L, "The Preacher as Storyteller" 31 : 182-197, 1976

2 Rice, Charles L, "The Embodied Word: Preaching as Art and Liturgy" Fortress Press 1991

3 Rice, Charles L, "Preaching the Story" Fortress Press 1980

4 Greenhaw, David M., "Preaching in the Context of Worship" Chalice Press 2000

5 McClure, John S., "Preaching Words: 144 Key Terms in Homiletics" Westminster John Knox Press 2007

6 Allen, Ronald J., "Patterns of Preaching: A Sermon Sampler" Chalice Press 1998

7 Rice, Charles L, "Interpretation and Imagination: The Preacher and Contemporary Literature" Fortress Press 1970

8 Eslinger, Richard L, "A New Hearing: Living Options in Homiletic Method" Abingdon Press 1989

9 Rice, Charles L, ""From the Sixteenth Floor," in A Chorus of Witnesses" William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 53-61, 1994

10 Rice, Charles L, ""Arts and Preaching," in Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching" Westminster John Knox Press 16-19, 1995