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A Visual Exegesis for Preaching: Layering Stories and Scripture

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2019
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Giera, Craig
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Neal, Jerusha
Powery, Luke
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This thesis will describe the way a story functions within a sermon as a layer of meaning placed over the biblical text that enhances a particular message from the Gospel. Stories allow the faithful to become active listeners as they unite their own stories to the one being told, creating a shared, lived experience. To demonstrate how the layering of stories function in a homily, I have created an art series of assemblages, visually illustrating how each layer focuses on certain textual details while discarding others. This visual exegesis highlights themes in the biblical text and illuminates the sermonic role of stories. It also provides an avenue for spiritual reflection, revealing similarities between my artistic process and my process of sermon preparation. The thesis is completed with a homily, synthesizing the elements described and sharing a message of hope from the scriptural account of the three young men in the fiery furnace (Daniel 3).

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Doctor of Ministry
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Dissertation
Department
Duke Divinity School
Subject
Divinity
Art criticism
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Divinity
Preaching
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Giera, Craig (2019). A Visual Exegesis for Preaching: Layering Stories and Scripture. Dissertation, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20212.
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