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Preaching in a Post-Truth Era

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  • Kim-Cragg HyeRan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/ijh.2020.39507

Abstract

In this paper, the question of whether Christian preaching is implicated in the growing movement of populism is posed. The paper has identified three critical issues that call for investigation in homiletical hermeneutics. The first issue addresses the problem of biblical interpretation for homiletic practice. The second issue has to do with the impact of social media that often distorts the truth. Alarming dependence on the smart phone suggests that the task of the preacher in this rapidly changing visual and high tech culture is to deliver sermons that are critically aware of visual culture rather than literary culture. Finally, the paper calls for an approach to preaching that seeks to reveal missing, hidden and distorted truth as a way to speak against the demonic power of the profit-driven capitalism and the epidemic of gender-based violence against women and sexual minorities.

Author Biography

Kim-Cragg HyeRan

HyeRan Kim-Cragg, born 1970, Associate Professor of Preaching at Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Published

2020-10-01

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