Preaching as a Theological Task: World, Gospel, Scripture : in Honor of David Buttrick

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David Buttrick, Thomas G. Long, Edward Farley
Westminster John Knox Press, 1996 M01 1 - 191 páginas

How do particular world situations impact preaching? How does a preacher use the gospel and Scripture to speak to those situations? This volume, in honor of homiletician David Buttrick, explores the complex and important relationships between world, gospel, and Scripture and their relevance for preaching theology.This book is for those seeking thoughtful and challenging new ways to approach the preaching task now and into the twenty-first century.

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The Search for Public Theology in the United States
24
A Neighborhood as Wide as Gods Heart
32
Twin Covenants in Tension on
50
Practical Theology as a Critique of Knowledge
69
Constructing Homiletical Meaning
82
Learning to Speak of
91
The Friend We Have in Yahweh
104
The Gospel as Empowered Speech
122
A Growing Divide?
137
Toward a New Paradigm for Preaching
165
Selected Bibliography of Works by David G Buttrick
189
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Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and is one of the most popular preachers in the United States today. He is the author of many books, including The Witness of Preaching, Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible, and The Good Funeral (cowritten with Thomas Lynch). Edward Farley is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He has written a number of books on theology and theological education.

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