An Introduction to Preaching Allen, Ronald J. creator text xx St. Louis, Mo Chalice Press 1998 9999 monographic und eng

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xiv, 306 p. ; 23 cm ; Anxieties of beginning preachers -- Why preaching is important -- The church as a context for preaching -- The larger world as a context for preaching -- The life of the preacher as a context for preaching -- Preaching as theological interpretation through conversation -- Theological criteria and interpretative relationships in the preaching conversation -- Starting points for sermon preparation -- Developing the direction of the sermon -- Engaging the congregation in the sermon -- A smorgasbord of patterns of movement for the sermon -- Stories, images, and experience in preaching -- Embodying the sermon -- Learning from the congregation, colleagues, and continuing education -- Miscellania -- An expository-deductive sermon / Ronald J. Allen -- An expository-inductive sermon / Mary Donovan Turner -- A topical-deductive sermon / René Rodgers Jensen -- Topical-inductive sermon / Reginald C. Holmes. Ronald J. Allen Library of Congress Subject Headings Preaching BV4211.2 .A387 1998 9780827216198082721619X 230520