FROM PRE-PUBLICATION REVIEWS OF PREACHING AND THE CHALLENGE OF PLURALISM Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism "This is an audacious book. The author dares to raise questions that many preachers ponder in their hearts but find hard to bring into the public domain for fear of being charges with heresy or lack of faith. Whether or not readers fully accept Webb's methods and answers, they will find themselves grateful for his theological courage. He helps us begin the strenuous work of reformulating the purpose of Christian preaching in a global village with many temples." Thomas H. Troeger Iliff School of Theology "Postmodernism, with its emphasis on pluralism and relativity, is now the dominant ethos in North America. With panache and insight, Joseph Webb explains this phenomenon and its implications for Christian community-especially for the interpretation of the Bible and preaching. Webb is at his best interpreting how we use symbols in this new setting, why people in the Christian community disagree about them, and how to find routes forward for the preacher." Ronald J. Allen Christian Theological Seminary "Webb proposes not simply a new way of preaching and conceiving the homletical task; he articulates a new direction for theology as a whole. He reverses the usual pattern in which homiletics follows theology and articulates a homiletic that leads the way to a new theology. I predict this book will attract the attention of Christian theologians as powerfully as it will attract preachers and homileticians." Robert Kysar Candler School of Theology