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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Geoffrey Hunter; Gethin Thomas; Stephen I Wright; College of Preachers (U.K.); Bible Reading Fellowship. |
| ISBN: | 1841012548 9781841012544 |
| OCLC Number: | 55235777 |
| Description: | 175 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Models of preaching. Introduction / Stephen Wright -- Paul the preacher / Donald Coggan -- A theology of preaching / Jim McManus -- Preaching as a missionary activity / Michael Quicke -- Preaching as sacrament / Peter Forster -- Preaching as sacred play / David Schlafer -- Preaching as a performing art / Colin Morris -- pt. 2. Contents of preaching. Introduction / Stephen Wright -- The gospel and changing culture / Martyn Atkins -- Preaching from the Old Testament / Christine Pilkington -- The place of ethics in preaching / Douglas Cleverley Ford -- Symbol and story in preaching / Geoffrey Hunter -- The poetry of preaching / Rod Garner -- Secular literature and preaching Christ / David Dickinson -- Movies, myth and preaching / Dwight Longenecker -- pt. 3. Methods of preaching. Introduction / Stephen Wright -- The use of the Bible / Stephen Wright -- From Julie Andrews to John Wayne : the preparing and structuring of the sermon / Barry Overend -- The short homily / Geoffrey Hunter, Leslie Stanbridge -- Reframing parables in a media age / Jolyon Mitchell. Word and image : preaching and contemporary media / Roger Standing -- Preaching among all ages / Susan Sayers -- Interactive methods of preaching / Brian Pearson -- pt. 4. Contexts of preaching. Introduction / Stephen Wright -- Preaching and worship / Ian Paton -- Apologetic preaching / Lesslie Newbigin -- Preaching at 'occasional' services / Geoffrey Hunter, Richard Broadberry -- Another country : preaching and civic occasions / Michael Henshall -- Suffering and silence / Rod Garner -- Preaching in times of crisis / Paul Johns -- pt. 5. Preacher and Listeners. Introduction / Stephen Wright -- The Lenten preacher / David Day -- The asceticism of the preacher / Lavinia Byrne -- Preaching and pastoral relationship / Eric Devenport -- 'What are you hearing at the back?' : listening to the listeners / Peter Kerr -- Preaching and personality / Angela Butler -- Preaching and gender / Jane Craske -- Criteria for evaluating preaching / John James -- Keeping on target / Gethin Thomas. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Geoffrey Hunter, Gethin Thomas and Stephen Wright. |
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