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This book increases awareness about Paul´s community formation preaching which has been widely ignored in the contemporary homiletical field where the New Homiletic has exerted a strong influence. This interdisciplinary study suggests that contemporary preachers should preach shared narratives and communal norms for the creation of boundaries.

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This book increases awareness about Paul´s community formation preaching which has been widely ignored in the contemporary homiletical field where the New Homiletic has exerted a strong influence. By drawing on the sociological concept of symbolic boundaries, the author demonstrates that Paul in his preaching of 1 Thessalonians used three symbolic resources in order to create boundaries for the formation of the Thessalonian community: the kerygmatic narrative, local narratives, and ethical norms. This interdisciplinary study suggests that contemporary preachers, who face the task of forming Christian communities in a post-Christian society, should preach shared narratives and communal norms for the creation of boundaries as Paul did.

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Introduction - The New Homiletic: The Turn to the Individual Listener - Paul´s Main Intention of Preaching in 1 Thessalonians: Community Formation - Paul´s Preaching for Community Formation: The Creation and Maintenance of Symbolic Boundaries - Homiletical Implications of Paul´s Preaching for Community Formation with Regard to the Post-Christian Context - Conclusion

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Kwang-hyun Cho is an assistant professor of Practical Theology (Homiletics) at Korea Theological Seminary, where he received his M.Div. He holds a Th.M. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in homiletics from the University of Pretoria.

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