| Claiming Theology in the Pulpit Contributor(s): Cooper, Burton Z. (Author), McClure, John S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664227023 ISBN-13: 9780664227029 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $26.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2003 Annotation: Encapsulating years of experience integrating critical theological thinking with the preaching task, Claiming Theology in the Pulpit will be a welcomed resource to both preachers and students. Through the use of a theological profile. Cooper and McClure help preachers become more aware of not only the broad theological traditions of the church but of their own particular theological appropriations. Part I of the book lays out the eight categories of the theological profile, offering a worksheet for readers to identify in summary fashion their own theological position. Part II suggests specific ways that preachers can use the profile as a tool to become more theologically intentional in their preaching. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Preaching - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 251 |
| LCCN: 2004298360 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.3" W x 8.94" (0.56 lbs) 139 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Encapsulating years of experience integrating critical theological thinking with the preaching task, Claiming Theology in the Pulpit will be a welcomed resource to both preachers and students. Through the use of a theological profile, Burton Cooper and John McClure help preachers become more aware of not only the broad theological traditions of the church but of their own particular theological appropriations. Part One lays out the eight categories of the theological profile, offering a worksheet for readers to identify in summary fashion their own theological position. Part Two suggests specific ways that preachers can use the profile as a tool to become more theologically intentional in their preaching. |
Contributor Bio(s): McClure, John S.: - 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).Cooper, Burton Z.: - Burton Z. Cooper is Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. |