Preaching

by Craddock, F.

• ISBN13: 9780687336487
• ISBN10: 0687336481
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-06-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

A standard textbook on the art and craft of preaching. Craddock weaves history, theology, and hermeneutics into an exhaustive text on sermon preparation and preaching.Painstakingly prepared for seminary students and clergy, this book answers the fundamental question: How does one prepare and deliver a sermon? Craddock's approach is practical, but also allows for concentrated study of any particular dimension of the process."Filled with practical wisdom. . . . A liberating book."--Richard Lischer, Duke University.

Table of Contents

PART I Preaching: An Overview
Introduction	13	(18)
Purpose and Format	13	(3)
Basic Assumptions About Learning to Preach	16	(6)
Fundamental Convictions About Preaching	22	(9)
The Sermon in Context	31	(20)
The Historical Context	33	(4)
The Pastoral Context	37	(4)
The Liturgical Context	41	(6)
The Theological Context	47	(4)
A Theology of Preaching	51	(18)
Proceeding from Silence	52	(3)
Heard in a Whisper	55	(5)
Shouted from the Housetop	60	(9)
PART II Preaching: Having Something to Say
The Life of Study	69	(15)
The Importance of the Life of Study	69	(2)
Hindrances to the Life of Study	71	(4)
Suggestions for a Life of Study	75	(9)
The Listeners	84	(15)
The Listeners as Audience	86	(4)
The Listeners as Congregation	90	(9)
The Text	99	(26)
Selection of the Text	101	(4)
First Reading of the Text	105	(2)
Establishing the Text	107	(3)
Determining the Parameters of the Text	110	(2)
Setting the Text in Its Several Contexts	112	(5)
Being Aware of One's Point of Contact with the Text	117	(4)
Putting the Text in One's Own Words	121	(4)
Between Text and Listener	125	(28)
The Task of the Preacher as Interpreter of Scripture	127	(9)
Methods Available to the Preacher as Interpreter	136	(17)
PART III Preaching: Shaping the Message into a Sermon
Qualities to Be Sought in the Sermon	153	(17)
Unity	155	(2)
Memory	157	(2)
Recognition	159	(3)
Identification	162	(3)
Anticipation	165	(3)
Intimacy	168	(2)
The Formation of the Sermon	170	(24)
The Many Functions of Form	170	(6)
The Selection of a Form	176	(6)
Creating a Form	182	(7)
Putting the Form on Paper	189	(5)
Enriching the Form	194	(16)
The Language of Preaching	196	(4)
Description	200	(3)
Illustration	203	(7)
Delivering the Sermon	210	(13)
Pre-delivery Considerations	211	(3)
The Delivery Itself	214	(9)
Suggested Resources for the Preacher	223