The Scandal of the Gospel, Charles L. Campbell
The Scandal of the Gospel, Charles L. Campbell
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The Scandal of the Gospel
Preaching and the Grotesque

Author: Charles L. Campbell

Narrator: Rosemary Benson

Unabridged: 3 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/08/2022


Synopsis

Through its shocking incongruities and transgressive forms, the grotesque offers an intriguing lens for exploring the scandal of the gospel and the challenges of Christian preaching. Drawing on diverse sources—from Swedish crime fiction and contemporary poetry to James Cone, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Pussy Riot—this book will examine the theological, homiletical, and social implications of a grotesque gospel for contemporary preachers. The book focuses on three aspects of preaching and the grotesque: (1) the ways in which a grotesque gospel unsettles the preacher and challenges the "false patterns" that often shape Christian preaching; (2) the importance and challenges of resisting the weaponized grotesque, which dehumanizes people and furthers the power of dominant groups; (3) the incarnate Word as the carnivalesque, grotesque body of Jesus, which calls the church to become the porous and inclusive body of Christ. The Scandal of the Gospel is the written adaptation of Yale Divinity School's Beecher Lectures, given by Charles Campbell in 2018. The last chapter, "Preaching and the Environmental Grotesque," is a new addition.

About Charles L. Campbell

Charles L. Campbell is James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor Emeritus of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School, past president of the Academy of Homiletics, and the 2018 Beecher lecturer. His publications include The Word Before the Powers: An Ethic of Preaching, Preaching Jesus: New Directions for Homiletics in Hans Frei's Postliberal Theology, Preaching Fools: The Gospel as a Rhetoric of Folly, and 1 Corinthians: Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie on April 01, 2023

Interesting and relatively brief overview of several important considerations in gospel theology and preaching. Audiobook was good!......more

Goodreads review by Robert on November 24, 2021

When I think of preaching I rarely think of the word grotesque. But, perhaps, I should. After all, the message of the gospel is rooted in the cross of Christ, which is at the very least scandalous (as the title of this book suggests) if not grotesque (as suggested by the subtitle). While many preach......more

Goodreads review by Kristina on October 09, 2023

Chuck Campbell provides a compelling and necessary alternative to the buttoned-up, intellectualized, "classified" "gospel" so often peddled in Western Christianity. He argues that when the Word was made flesh, the Word was made grotesque--leaky, porous, and permeably boundaried. The significance of......more

Goodreads review by Brad on September 03, 2023

This work is a fantastic display of Christianity that so much of faith is a tension to be managed, not a problem to be solved. A truly inspiring and convicting piece for the present moment of the North American church.......more