{"id":58425,"date":"2022-01-05T12:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=58425"},"modified":"2022-01-10T11:48:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:48:33","slug":"brief-book-review-the-art-of-preaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/05\/brief-book-review-the-art-of-preaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Book Review: <i>The Art of Preaching<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Art of Preaching: A Theological and Practical Primer<\/em><br \/>\nBy Daniel Cardo\u0301, SCV<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58426 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2360.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2360.jpeg 298w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2360-206x300.jpeg 206w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2360-274x400.jpeg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Who should read this? <\/strong>Those interested in a more \u201cpatristic\u201d approach to preaching, especially fans of Augustine, and those attuned to the teachings of Benedict XVI on the homiletic art.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is this book important?<\/strong>\u00a0It draws readers into more \u201cclassical\u201d approaches to preaching and rhetoric and provides 14 homily or homily excerpts \u2013 most pre-20<sup>th<\/sup> century \u2013 that comprise almost one third of the volume.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will you (the reader) like the most?<\/strong>\u00a0The well documented 260 plus footnotes that reveal the architecture of the author\u2019s thought, the deep love of Augustine that pervades the volume, and the surprising turn to TED talks as a source of wisdom for preaching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What will get you (the reader) thinking? <\/strong>Engaging wisdom and practical advice from other cultures and ancient contexts is always a challenge. \u00a0For example, how do the practices and advice drawn from one of our most celebrated theologians, St. Augustine (d. 430), translate into a 21<sup>st<\/sup> century digital context? How do we engage our tradition without simply trying to repeat it, which is largely impossible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kudos<\/strong>. True to his position as the Pope Benedict XVI Chair for Liturgical Studies at Saint John Vianney Seminary in Denver, the author has shaped a theological and liturgical approach to teaching very much in line with the thought and practices of Pope Benedict, and one of the Pope Emeritus\u2019 favorite theologians, St. Augustine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggestions<\/strong>. While in dialogue with rich patristic sources as well as the thinking of John Eudes (d. 1680), John Henry Newman (d. 1890) and other giants from the past, there seems little inclination to engage the contemporary explosion of writing about preaching, especially after the so called \u201cnarrative turn\u201d ushering in the new homiletic in the late 20<sup>th<\/sup> century in the United States.\u00a0 More generosity towards Protestant preachers \u2013 theologically characterized here as coming from traditions \u201cbereft of the sacraments\u201d (p. 41) \u2013 as well as women preachers and theologians (absent from the volume) might have provided more balance in the writing.\u00a0 As it stands, this seems a quite sacerdotalized approach to preaching (e.g., linking \u201cconsecration\u201d with \u201cproclamation,\u201d p. 39), that downplays the deacon as preacher (p. 38, note 13).<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cardo\u0301, SCV. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuapress.org\/9780813234731\/the-art-of-preaching\/\">The Art of Preaching: A Theological and Practical Primer<\/a>. <\/em>Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2021. 216 + xi pages.\u00a0 $34.95. 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Cap.<\/a><br \/>\nDuns Scotus Professor Emeritus of Spirituality<br \/>\nCatholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Foley reviews <i>The Art of Preaching<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":58426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3117,3297,46,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-scholarship-new-ws","category-brief-book-review","category-homiletics","category-recently-published-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brief Book Review: The Art of Preaching - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Card\u00f3 has shaped a theological and liturgical approach to teaching very much in line with the thought and practices of Pope Benedict, and one of the Pope Emeritus\u2019 favorite theologians, St. Augustine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/05\/brief-book-review-the-art-of-preaching\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brief Book Review: The Art of Preaching - 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