Preaching on Social Suffering

“Jeremy Kim offers deep insight into an issue that is timely not only for the Korean church but also for churches all over the world: social suffering. Kim suggests a theologically insightful, constructive, homiletical, and pastoral response, urging the church to lament with those who suffer, and as such, to engage in a response of compassion and resistance. This book is a must-read for any preacher who wants to mourn with those who mourn and raise their voice against injustice.”


—Armand Léon van Ommen, senior lecturer in practical theology, University of Aberdeen





“This book is a theological and homiletical response to social suffering in South Korea through an intercultural dialogue between the Christian practice of lament and the Confucian virtue of ren. It is a valuable resource for scholars and preachers, not only in Korea, but also in other parts of the globe when they critically engage the issue of social suffering in their particular sociocultural contexts.”


—Eunjoo Mary Kim, professor of homiletics, Vanderbilt Divinity School





“Preaching on Social Suffering helps deepen the work of preaching the gospel in times of shared crisis. By detailing the historical nature of suffering in the Korean context, Jeremy Kim helps preachers to see, in a more profound way, the role memory plays in the way social suffering is both understood and addressed contextually in the pulpit. Kim’s book embodies real homiletical-theological depth and a deep, abiding love for suffering hearers.”


—David Schnasa Jacobsen, Boston University; director, Homiletical Theology Project