Accomplished preachers can usually think of rhetorical strategy in a nuanced manner, but beginning preachers are well served by having a knapsack of simple sermonic forms they can turn to when building a sermon out of a sermonic claim. Determining...
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Accomplished preachers can usually think of rhetorical strategy in a nuanced manner, but beginning preachers are well served by having a knapsack of simple sermonic forms they can turn to when building a sermon out of a sermonic claim. Determining the Form offers preachers a strong foundation in considering sermonic form and a handful of basic, reliable rhetorical structures to use in the pulpit. Wes Allen maps out seven different sermonic forms, examines the strengths and weaknesses of each using a common biblical text, and thus provides an essential resource for all who enter the pulpit. Book jacket.
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This fifth title in the Elements of Preaching series offers preaching students and clergy an overview of some of the most common sermonic forms and provides insights for determining which forms are most and least amenable to the claim that they want to make in their sermon. Many, if not most, sermons wind up being somewhat formless and thus less effective than they might be in communicating the gospel. Rather than training students in a single rhetorical form, this volume will demonstrate a variety of options without advocating for any particular form. ^ Accomplished preachers can think of rhetorical strategy in a nuanced manner, but beginning preachers are well-served by having a knapsack of simple sermonic forms they can turn to when building a sermon out of a sermonic claim. This book will offer preachers a strong foundation in considering sermonic form and a handful of basic, reliable rhetorical structures to use in the
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- Catalogue Code 281637
- Product Code 9780800604448
- ISBNÂ 080060444X
- EANÂ 9780800604448
- Pages 96
- Department Academic
- Category Church
- Sub-Category Preaching/sermons
- Publisher Augsburg/fortress Press
- Publication Date Oct 2008
- Sales Rank 58105
- Dimensions 215 x 140 x 7mm
- Weight 0.141kg
O Wesley Allen (Jr)
O. Wesley Allen, Jr. (Ph.D., Emory University) is Assistant Professor of Homiletics and Worship at Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, Kentucky. As an ordained United Methodist, He worked in parish and campus ministry for 18 years before turning to full-time seminary teaching. His teaching interests involve giving students a strong theological foundation and practical experience for leading worship and preaching.Dr. Allen's research interests concern broad homiletical interests as well as the connection between preaching and the interpretation of the New Testament. He has published a collection of narrative sermons, Good News from Tinyville: Stories of Heart and Hope; an introductory textbook on exegesis, Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels: Basic Methods for Interpreting Matthew, Mark, and Luke; a homiletical-exegetical resource for pastors, Preaching Resurrection; Most recently, Allen published a book The Homiletic of All Believers: Approach to Proclamation and Preaching, Westminster. Allen is also editing a series of introductory textbooks on preaching for Fortress Press and The Three Dimensions of the Lectionary. with Chalice Press, which offers cumulative strate gies for reading and preaching lectionary texts in congregational worship.
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