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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Homiletics"”.
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Projection interpretation: toward a hermeneutic for homiletics
… North American mainline and evangelical homiletics texts and concludes that the field is fractured. Homileticians commend incomplete and unclear hermeneutical methodologies which are unable to assess the value and accuracy of particular interpretations. What is required instead is an …
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Homiletics at the Threshold: Pope Benedict XVI's Invitation
… dissertation places the ethos of Roman Catholic homiletics in dialogue with the writings of Pope Benedict XVI in light of his desire to 'reform the reforms' made after the Second Vatican Council. The works of Simone Weil, a Jewish philosopher and mystic, are introduced into the conversation …
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The Use of Imagination for Expository Hermeneutics and Homiletics
… OF IMAGINATION FOR EXPOSITORY HERMENEUTICS AND HOMILETICS Barnabas Youn Soo Kim, Ph.D. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2014 Chair: Dr. Robert A. Vogel The purpose of this dissertation is to discover the value of imagination for expository preaching. The thesis of this dissertation is …
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A Praxis of Oral Homiletics: Preaching from the Heart
… oral cultures do.</p> <p>A sound praxis of oral homiletics fuses form and content, oriented toward a harmonious treatment of scriptural authenticity and contemporary eventfulness. The acknowledgement of human depravity in temporality demands a Christian <em>inventio</em> that can address the …
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The impact of contemporary narrative homiletics on interpreting and preaching the Bible
… examines the impact of contemporary narrative homiletics on interpretation and preaching. Chapter 1 provides the groundwork for the study by laying out the thesis and methodology to be followed. Chapter 2 defines hermeneutics and homiletics from a traditional, historical perspective. The goal …
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Lutheran homiletics and Francophone African contexts : how to connect Lutheran orthodoxy with African culture
Many factors come together to make Christian preaching effective and authentic. This thesis examines the current state of homiletical practice and formation in Francophone African Lutheran church bodies, with the goal of formulating a theoretical framework for practice that is both orthodox …
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An examination of narrative approach in homiletics training in theological institutions in the Pietermaritzburg area (KwaZulu- Natal)
A narrative approach in homiletics courses has been more or less neglected in five theological training institutions in the Pietermaritzburg area of KwaZulu-Natal. That this approach would be beneficial in the training of preachers in this province is supported by the research of scholars …
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The Evolution of Homiletic Instruction at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary From John Broadus to Charles Gardner
… literature related to the early School of Homiletics at SBTS and the current void in the literature. The next three chapters present the tenures of Broadus (chap. 2), Dargan (chap. 3), and Gardner (chap. 4), describing the School of Homiletics under each professor’s leadership by analyzing …
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The Christ-Centered Homiletics of Edmund Clowney and Sidney Greidanus in Contrast With the Human Author-Centered Hermeneutics of Walter Kaiser
This dissertation examines the Christ-centered homiletics of Edmund Clowney and Sidney Greidanus in contrast with the human author-centered hermeneutics of Walter Kaiser. Chapter 1 frames the dissertation by presenting the consequence of preaching and the marks of redemptive-historical preaching. …
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Chronotopic contextualization : a method for explicating the analogy of action between scripture writing and contemporary proclamation.
Traditional evangelical homiletics emphasizes what the biblical author says with what he writes, while de-emphasizing what he does with what he writes. Such an approach complexifies the process of contextualization for preaching. This dissertation proposes chronotopic contextualization as a …
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Christ-saturated preaching: a hermeneutical and homiletical analysis of Christ-centered preaching and its implications
… this goal, I evaluate the hermeneutics and homiletics of Christ-centered approaches to preaching. In doing so, Christ-saturated preaching has all of the strengths of Christ-centered preaching while resolving some of the inherent hermeneutical and homiletical difficulties in prevailing models …
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Discourse for Preaching: The Homiletical Significance of Selected Greek Conjunctions in the Epistle to the Hebrews
… which are transferable to the field of homiletics. These Greek conjunctions are analyzed to reveal their functional role relative to the clauses they connect in the Epistle to the Hebrews. This dissertation examines discourse features in Hebrews from a functional perspective rather than …
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A critical examination of Bruce W. Thielemann’s need-centered approach to preaching
… his robust theoretical and practical approach to homiletics. The thesis begins with a biographical sketch to familiarize the reader with Thielemann’s life and ministry and reveals a man dedicated to preaching aimed at addressing the needs of his listeners. Chapter two explores Thielemann’s …
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Cynosure: A theoretical grounding for pictorial language that grasps attention
… language that grasps attention in the field of homiletics. The research consists of two parts: theoretical and analytical. The theoretical framework integrates rhetorical, homiletical, and neuroscience theory to explain why pictorial language wins attention during oration. By beginning with …
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Weighing Sermon Substance: Evaluating a Sermon's Degree of Expository Merit, Doctrinal Essence, and Christ-Centeredness
… the place for such a project in the field of homiletics. The "combined gravity" of the three aspects is presented through a biblical and theological consideration. The need to speak in terms of degree with regard to evaluation is also presented. Finally, the chapter considers the current state …
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The viceregal homiletic: an appropriation of G.K. Beale's Christian viceregency for theological consideration of Christian preaching
… 5 differentiates the viceregal homiletic from homiletics of Jason Meyer, Thomas Long, and John Stott.
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A Man "Mighty in the Scriptures": The Hermeneutic of John A. Broadus and Its Impact on His Preaching
… value of Broadus’s approach to hermeneutics and homiletics for contemporary preaching.
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A textually-arranged, genre-sensitive, rhetorically-informed homiletical approach
… After discussing the aim of rhetoric and homiletics as that of persuasion for maximum impact, this chapter focuses upon the canon of arrangement and, thus, the reality that structure argues. The chapter then offers similarities and differences of the canon of arrangement with that of …
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Can Discourse Analysis Contribute to a Theology of Preaching: A Case Study of Four Senior Anglican Clergy
… of the thesis is the recognition that homiletics would benefit from an understanding of discourse analysis and performance.
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The 1889 Lyman Beecher lectures on preaching and the recovery of the late homiletic of John Albert Broadus (1827-1895)
… the first canon of Broadus's framework for homiletics---"Materials for Preaching." This chapter surveys and evaluates the lectures, "On Freshness in Preaching" and "On Sensation Preaching." Chapter 3 evaluates the second canon of Broadus's structure---"Arrangement of a Sermon." The materials …
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