Expressionistic preaching and celebration in a Swedish context

Fredrik Lundkvist

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Expressionistic preaching and celebration in a Swedish context

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Fredrik Lundkvist. Expressionistic Preaching and Celebration In a Swedish Context. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/139ae3f6-01b7-46c1-9287-bbd4d92c8262.

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F. Lundkvist. Expressionistic preaching and celebration in a Swedish context. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/139ae3f6-01b7-46c1-9287-bbd4d92c8262

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Fredrik Lundkvist. Expressionistic Preaching and Celebration In a Swedish Context. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/139ae3f6-01b7-46c1-9287-bbd4d92c8262.

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Fredrik Lundkvist

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Celebration (Theology)

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Abstract

Expressionistic preaching is an imaginative form of preaching that I have developed during the Doctor of Ministry program. My intention in this thesis is to combine expressionistic imagery with African American celebrative preaching. Most Swedish sermons are cognitive and didactic and without celebration. Preachers tend to concentrate more on law than gospel. After such a sermon there might be some quiet time for reflection. Through imaginative expressionistic celebrative preaching I will bring to Swedish preaching color and joy, which will help the listener experience the assurance of grace. In this thesis I have defined expressionistic preaching and described the African American celebrative sermon and its theology. I have also presented imaginative homiletics and its theology and presented a psychological model of interpretation of the imaginary and the mystic experience. In my thesis I have made a descriptive study of the effects in the listeners after an expressionistic celebrative sermon and described the problems with celebration in a Swedish context and given a psychological explanation for the absence of instantaneous celebration. My conclusions are: The expressionistic celebrative sermon is a colorful and positive experience. Swedish listeners experience the assurance of grace, but they don't celebrate as a group. Celebration is expressed differently in the African American context.

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