Evangelii Gaudium and Pope Francis' Revolution in Preaching - Tapa blanda

In 2013, Pope Francis published an apostolic exhortation entitled Evangelii Gaudium—The Joy of the Gospel. The exhortation contains some of the most substantial and salient advice about preaching ever offered by a pope in recent history. This little book Evangelii Gaudium and Pope Francis’ Revolution in Preaching provides a painstaking analysis of Evangelii Gaudium from the point of view of homiletics. At the same time, it presents in systematic fashion the document’s practical implications for preaching. It will give you greater insight into Pope Francis’ conception of preaching and why it is that current preaching finds itself in trouble and in need of renewal. Even more, the book will help you improve your own preaching by showing you how to apply Pope Francis’ many concrete homiletic tips to your ministry in the pulpit. A quick glimpse at the contents of Evangelii Gaudium and Pope Francis’ Revolution in Preaching: Part I THE RENEWAL OF PREACHING 1. The Human Need for Preaching 2. The Sacramentality of Preaching 3. The Pedagogy of Preaching Part II THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PREACHER 1. Knowing the Heart of the Community 2. The Preacher as Witness 3. The Role of Memory 4. Dialogue Part III THE HOMILY 1. Conceiving the Homily 2. Structure in Preaching 3. Length and Language in Preaching Part IV PREPARATION FOR PREACHING 1. Dedicated Time for Preparation 2. Lectio Divina for Preaching Conclusion

Fr. Peter John Cameron is a Dominican priest ordained in 1986. For twenty years he has been a seminary professor of homiletics at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, New York; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, New York; the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC; and the Pontifical North American College in Rome. He is currently the chairman of the department of homiletics at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie—a post he first held in 1994. Fr. Cameron is frequently asked to conduct preaching workshops, and he has done so in the past for twenty-one dioceses in the United States, as well as in Canada, Ireland, and Poland. Fr. Cameron is also an award-winning professional playwright, the founder and artistic director of Blackfriars Repertory Theatre in New York City, the former director of creative affairs for Paulist Productions in Los Angeles, California, the founder and first host of the Word to Life Sirius Radio program on The Catholic Channel, and the editor-in-chief of MAGNIFICAT. His articles on preaching have been published in the Dunwoodie Review, Crisis, and America. He is a past contributing editor of the National Catholic Register where his weekly column "This Sunday at Mass" ran for two years. From 2006-2014, Fr. Cameron served as the director of preaching for his Dominican province. He is the author of ten books including To Praise, To Bless, To Preach: Spiritual Reflections on the Sunday Gospels (Our Sunday Visitor—three volumes), and Why Preach: Encountering Christ in God’s Word (Ignatius Press).