{"product_id":"9780814619667","title":"Strategies for Preaching Paul","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing is more central to the Church than preaching the gospel, and few have preached the gospel with the intensity and insight of St.Paul. Paul's letters play an important role in the New Testament and in the Roman Lectionary. Yet, despite their importance,Paul's teaching is seldom proclaimed from the pulpit. In \u003ci\u003eStrategies for Preaching Paul\u003c\/i\u003e, Frank Matera provides preachers with the comprehensive background needed to successfully preach the Pauline readings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a collection of homily hints, \u003ci\u003eStrategies for PreachingPaul\u003c\/i\u003e provides preachers with three strategies for preaching the Pauline readings in the Sunday Lectionary during Ordinary Time. It offers summaries first of the historical setting, then the literary context, and finally the theological themes of all the Pauline readings as well as the readings of the Letter to the Hebrews. Each letter is introduced by explaining the historical circumstances that caused it and its literary structure. Next, each Sunday reading is explained in light of its wider literary context and its historical background, suggesting ways in which preachers might employ the text in the Sunday homily. Finally, after considering the letter, Matera suggests the major Pauline themes of the letter that need to be preached, such as justification by faith, the return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, and the moral life of believers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional resource for preachers, \u003ci\u003eStrategies for PreachingPaul\u003c\/i\u003e also serves as an introduction toPaul's thought. It may be used in Lectio divina to reflect upon the Sunday Pauline texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters are Paul in Ordinary Time, Year A,\" \"Pal in Ordinary Time, Year B,\" \"Pal in Ordinary Time, Year C,\" \"Index of Pauline Readings,\" and \"Index for the Sundays of Ordinary Time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank J. Matera, Ph.D., is a priest of the Archdiocese of Hartford. He is professor of New Testament at The Catholic University of America and the author of \u003c\/i\u003eGalatians\u003ci\u003e from the \u003c\/i\u003eSacra Pagina\u003ci\u003e series published by The Liturgical Press.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016732033264,"sku":"9780814619667","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780814619667_p0.jpg?v=1763747669","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814619667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}