Preaching the Gospel Anew: Forming Redemptorist Students for the Ministry of Prophetic Preaching

Peter Davidson Hill

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Preaching the Gospel Anew: Forming Redemptorist Students for the Ministry of Prophetic Preaching

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Peter Davidson Hill. Preaching the Gospel Anew: Forming Redemptorist Students for the Ministry of Prophetic Preaching. Aquinas Institute of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e3437ecc-4195-45d8-ad44-4eacb2871ce0.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

P. D. Hill. Preaching the Gospel Anew: Forming Redemptorist Students for the Ministry of Prophetic Preaching. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e3437ecc-4195-45d8-ad44-4eacb2871ce0

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Peter Davidson Hill. Preaching the Gospel Anew: Forming Redemptorist Students for the Ministry of Prophetic Preaching. Aquinas Institute of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/e3437ecc-4195-45d8-ad44-4eacb2871ce0.

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Peter Davidson Hill

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Prophetic preaching is essential to the life of the Church and in the life of the Redemptorists, who are called to preach the Good News to the abandoned, especially the poor. It is established that prophetic preaching is challenging and many preachers are hesitant to preach a prophetic message. This thesis examines the history of prophetic preaching, with particular attention to the Old Testament prophets and the work of Frank Thomas. In conversations with Redemptorist preachers and leaders, this thesis proposes effective ways through which Redemptorist students can be formed for the mission as prophetic preachers of the Good News to the abandoned, especially the poor. Through questionnaires and sample homilies by twelve Redemptorists, I have concluded that Redemptorists do preach prophetically and that the practice of training men to preach prophetically must be part of the formal training. To this end, a course in prophetic preaching is to be developed for the training of Redemptorist seminarians for the ministry of prophetic preaching.

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