The Suffering of Job and an Enfleshed Homiletic

This book is a tour de force. Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby skilfully teaches a master class on the theology of job, unleashes the power of embodied testimony, and summons the reader to a renewed way of preaching that is attentive to the suffering of others and faithful to the “God who inhabits every rupture and wound.” McLaughlin-Sheasby remarkably breaks new ground on almost every page of this impressive work. * Thomas G. Long, Professor Emeritus of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, USA * This book takes the body and its open wounds seriously, calling for preachers to serve as witnesses to human experiences manifested in the body. Recognizing the limits of theological speech, an enfleshed homiletic causes us to pause and reflect on the bodies that listen and the bodies that preach. Wounded bodies are sources of wisdom and grace. McGlaughlin-Sheasby opens up an area of homiletic inquiry that is neglected and fruitful, calling on the Book of Job to ask difficult and essential questions about suffering, woundedness and homiletic experience. * The Rev. Dr. Sarah Travis, Ewart Chair in the Practice of Ministry and Faith Formation, Associate Professor, Knox College, Canada * Founding her argument on a brilliant exegesis of the book of Job, Amy McLaughlin-Sheasby argues convincingly that suffering, especially of those most marginalized, ought to transform preachers’ God-talk. Drawing from biblical scholarship, theologies of testimony, and trauma theory, this wide-ranging volume issues a powerful call for preachers to allow their theological imaginations to be changed by the wounds of others. Preachers seeking to fulfill their core vocation to proclaim an intelligible gospel to those most in need of it will be challenged and inspired by the enfleshed homiletic developed in this project. * Ruthanna Hooke, Professor of Homiletics, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA *