Homiletics
by Barth, KarlFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-10-01
Publisher(s): Presbyterian Pub Corp
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Summary
In this complete and valuable version of hisHomiletics, 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.
Author Biography
Karl Barth (1886-1968), one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century, was Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Basel, Switzerland
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 7 |
| Preface | p. 13 |
| Introduction | p. 17 |
| The Nature of the Sermon | p. 19 |
| Definitions and Criticism | p. 19 |
| David Hollaz | p. 19 |
| Friedrich Schleiermacher | p. 20 |
| Alexandre Vinet | p. 25 |
| Christian Palmer | p. 26 |
| C. I. Nitzsch | p. 27 |
| Johannes Bauer | p. 34 |
| Karl Fezer | p. 37 |
| Leonhard Fendt | p. 42 |
| An Attempt at a New Definition | p. 44 |
| Criteria of the Sermon | p. 47 |
| Revelation | p. 47 |
| Church | p. 56 |
| Confession | p. 63 |
| Ministry | p. 66 |
| Heralding | p. 71 |
| Scripture | p. 75 |
| Originality | p. 81 |
| Congregation | p. 84 |
| Spirituality | p. 86 |
| Summary | p. 86 |
| Actual Preparation of the Sermon | p. 91 |
| Preliminary Remarks | p. 91 |
| The Situation of (Young) Preachers | p. 91 |
| Text Selection | p. 93 |
| The Receptive (Passive) Function | p. 96 |
| The Spontaneous (Active) Function | p. 101 |
| The Way of Witness | p. 102 |
| Theme or Scope? | p. 102 |
| Three Technical Explanations | p. 105 |
| Three Sermon Sketches | p. 107 |
| Actual Situation of the Text | p. 111 |
| Explication and Application | p. 111 |
| The Methodological Way | p. 112 |
| Three Warnings | p. 117 |
| Writing the Sermon | p. 119 |
| Unity of the Sermon | p. 121 |
| Totality | p. 121 |
| Introduction? | p. 121 |
| Parts? | p. 126 |
| Conclusion? | p. 127 |
| Rules for Handling the Text | p. 127 |
| The Problem of Language | p. 128 |
| Discussions of Two Sermons | p. 129 |
| Appendix | p. 133 |
| Postscript | p. 135 |
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