The clown before the powers : a South African response to Charles Campbell's comic vision on preaching

Date
2008
Authors
Cilliers, Johan
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Academy of Homiletics
Abstract
In this paper Charles Campbellā€™s vision on the foolishness of preaching is brought into dialogue with the South African context with its history of apartheid and its struggles with issues such as poverty, HIV and AIDS, crime and most recently, xenophobia. The contribution of Campbell is discussed in terms of its significance for breaking the syndrome of silence, the revalidation of the image of the preacher as jester or clown, the role of the biblical texts as counter-testimonies to the status quo, and the rediscovery of the image of a vulnerable God.
Description
The original publication is available at http://www.homiletic.net/index.php/homiletic/article/view/3290
Keywords
Preaching, Powers (Christian theology)
Citation
Cilliers, J. 2010. The clown before the powers : a South African response to Charles Campbell's comic vision on preaching. Homiletics, 33(2).