HomileticsIn this complete and valuable version of his Homiletics, renowned theologian Karl Barth's offers his thoughts on sermon preparation, including his understanding of the way in which the preacher should interpret scripture. Translated by Donald E. Daniels and renowned Barth translator Geoffrey W. Bromiley, this book presents lecture materials from seminars in Bonn from 1932 to 1933. |
Contents
FOREWORD by David G Buttrick | 7 |
PREFACE by Geoffrey W Bromiley | 13 |
The Nature of the Sermon | 19 |
An Attempt at a New Definition | 44 |
Actual Preparation of the Sermon | 91 |
The Spontaneous Active Function | 101 |
Actual Situation of the Text | 111 |
Writing the Sermon | 119 |
The Problem of Language | 128 |
POSTSCRIPT by Günter Seyfferth | 135 |
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References to this book
Fulfilled in Our Hearing: History and Method of Christian Preaching Guerric DeBona Limited preview - 2005 |
Fulfilled in Our Hearing: History and Method of Christian Preaching Guerric DeBona Limited preview - 2005 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Homiletics |
| Author | Karl Barth |
| Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0664251587, 9780664251581 |
| Length | 136 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Ministry / Preaching |
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