Preaching in Place: Reflections on the Sermons of Oscar Romero, Dislocated Pulpits, and the Dangers of an Incarnate Word
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https://doi.org/10.15695/sespkx42Abstract
Preaching becomes true preaching when it is grounded in real place. In real place the pulpit becomes a cross. Among those who have given their voice to preach such a located gospel is Oscar Romero (1917–1980), whose pulpit became a cross when he chose to preach a word not abstracted from his place, but that touched the wounds and sins of his own people. This paper highlights excerpts of Romero’s sermons and commends this preacher as a guide in imagining what “preaching in place” might look like today.
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