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1、[JAS3.1(2005)75-94]DOI10.1177/1740355305052823ColeridgeandPreachingaTheologicalImaginationStephenEdmondsonSEdmondson@vts.eduABSTRACTThisarticleexploresColeridge’sunderstandingofimagination,Scripture,thespiritualityoftheworld,andourrealityastheimageofGod.IbeginwithColeridge’sun
2、derstandingoftheinspirationofScriptureandtheinterpretiveprocess.Bylocatingtheimaginationinthisinteractionamongwriter,reader,andGod,IsurfaceColeridge’smoresigni?cantdescriptionofimaginativethinkingasaspiritualactthatcallsusintothetruthofourbeingandoftheworld’sreality.Implicitin
3、Coleridge’svisionisacorrela-tionbetweenhumanimaginativecreativityandthecreativebeingofGodasadimensionofourrealityastheimageofGod.Thus,Iclaimthatimag-inativepreaching,whenseenthroughColeridge’slens,renewsthatimagewithinus,awakeningustoourrealityasspiritual,freebeings,butonlywhe
4、nweenactourfreedomwithinthecontextofGod’sfreedomandactionwhichweknowthroughourreadingofScripture.AttheconclusionofherstudyonbiblicalpreachingintheAnglicantrad-ition,EllenDavisoffersanessayontheexegeticalimagination.Inthisbook,Davisleadsherreadersonatourof?veAnglicanpreacherswh
5、oseimaginativerenderingofScriptureengagedtheiraudienceswiththebiblicaltext.Inherconclusion,then,Davisadvocatesforthecontem-porarypreacherthissameimaginativeapproachtoScripturethatopensthestrangewaysofGodwithinthetexttothesermon’sauditorstoconvertthemtothesame.‘Ipropose,’shewri
6、tes,‘thatthepreacher’s?rstandmostimportantresponsibilityistoeducatetheimaginationofherhearerssothattheyhavethelinguisticskillstoentertheworldthatScripturediscloses,andmaythusmakeagenuinechoiceaboutwhethertolivethere.’1Theburdenofthisresponsibilityisanethicalone.Byit,1.EllenDav
7、is,ImaginationShaped:OldTestamentPreachingintheAnglicanTradition(ValleyForge,PA:TrinityPressInternational,1995),p.250.?SAGEPublications(London,ThousandOaks,CAandNewDelhi)andTheJournalofAnglicanStudiesTrust,2005.76JournalofAnglicanStudieswearepreventedfromsilencingatextthatspea
8、ksasoftenawordofchallengeasawordofsupport;andthroughit,wearec
