The purpose of this publication is to provide some insight into the latest directions
of research in homiletics in German-speaking regions. Due to multitude of publications the study
has been divided into two parts. The first part describes activities of the German Homiletics
Association (AGH), a publishing series “Okumenische Studien zur Predigt” and homiletic theology
handbooks. The second part will present, based on several dozens monographs published between
2000-2018, directions of research in German-speaking homiletics