TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitfield,Joshua Jair
TI  - The crisis of bad preaching: redeeming the heart and way of the Catholic preacher 
SN  - 9781594718359 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BX1795.P72 W45 2019
U1  - BX 1795.P72 WHI 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Notre Dame, Indiana
PB  - Ave Maria Press
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Sermons
KW  - Catholic preaching
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The preacher as public intellectual -- The communion of preachers -- The preacher and the fullness of the Church -- The preacher at prayer -- The way of preparation -- The way of speaking -- The way of criticism -- The Pentecost of preaching
N2  - "Echoing Popes Benedict and Francis, Fr. Joshua Whitfield confronts what is perhaps the most common complaint of Catholics around the world: hollow, vacuous preaching. Marked by poorly prepared, often stale, and largely irrelevant homilies, this crisis is fueling the mass exodus of people from the Church. A parish priest in Dallas, Whitfield bids his fellow preachers to profound renewal, reminding them that preaching is not just something they do, it is essential to who they are. More than just another how-to book, The Crisis of Bad Preaching is an audacious response to an existential crisis. It is at once deeply challenging and deeply uplifting and chockfull of practical advice for a wholesale reversal of the status quo"--
ER  -