The Four Codes of Preaching, John McClure's first book-length treatment of homiletical theory, is a sophisticated and, at times, controversial contribution to the field of homiletics.
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John S. McClure is Charles G. Finney Professor of Homiletics and Chair of the Graduate Department of Religion at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. A former president of the Academy of Homiletics, his writings include The Four Codes of Preaching and Claiming Theology in the Pulpit (with Burton Z. Cooper).
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She came to me after preaching class with a question: "I have studied the biblical text and I know pretty much what I want to say; now how do I make a sermon out of it?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theosymbolic code, preaching sponsors, connotative style, defensive stylist, scriptural code, textualizing nature, homiletical meaning, larger theological structure, sovereign subject matter, denotative style, reversal style, code sponsors, congregational analysis, semantic code, rhetorical schema, emergent truth, identification style, sectarian style, homiletical approach, kairos moments, idea inventory, semantic style, homiletical method, synthetic style, status quo culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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She came to me after preaching class with a question: "I have studied the biblical text and I know pretty much what I want to say; now how do I make a sermon out of it?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
theosymbolic code, preaching sponsors, connotative style, defensive stylist, scriptural code, textualizing nature, homiletical meaning, larger theological structure, sovereign subject matter, denotative style, reversal style, code sponsors, congregational analysis, semantic code, rhetorical schema, emergent truth, identification style, sectarian style, homiletical approach, kairos moments, idea inventory, semantic style, homiletical method, synthetic style, status quo culture Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Jesus Christ, Fortress Press, Grand Rapids, The Dark Interval, Paul Ricoeur, James Hopewell, Robert Schuller, Westminster Press, Abingdon Press, David Buttrick, Interpretation Theory, John Knox Press, New Haven, Paul Tillich, Yale University Press, Gabriel Fackre, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Richard Niebuhr, Structural Models, The Nature of Doctrine, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Basic Books, George Lindbeck New!
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- Christ and Culture (Torchbooks) by H. Richard Niebuhr on 10 pages
- The Dark Interval: Towards a Theology of Story by John Dominic Crossan on 9 pages
- The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) by Clifford Geertz on 4 pages
- Myths, Models and Paradigms by Ian G. Barbour on 4 pages
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on 4 pages
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- Other-Wise Preaching: A Postmodern Ethic for Homiletics by John S. McClure on 4 pages
- The Roundtable Pulpit: Where Leadership & Preaching Meet by John McClure in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Many Lamps, One Light: Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a 150th Anniversary History by Rick L. Nutt on page 232, and Back Matter
- The Practice of Preaching by Paul Scott Wilson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Captive Voice: The Liberation of Preaching by David Buttrick in Back Matter
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