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Scott Miller Gibson (born April 28, 1957) is an American pastor, theologian, and educator who currently serves as a professor of preaching, is the holder of the David E. Garland Chair in preaching, and is director of the Ph.D. in Preaching Program at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary.
Homiletics may be further defined as the study of the analysis, classification, preparation, composition, and delivery of sermons. [1] The formation of the Lyman Beecher course at Yale University resulted in an increased emphasis on homiletics. The published volumes of this series include information regarding the history and practice of the ...
Craddock has written a number of books, including The Pre-Existence of Christ (1968), As One Without Authority (1971, rev. 1974 and 1979), Overhearing the Gospel (1978), The Gospels (1981), commentaries on John (1982) and Philippians (1984), Preaching (1985), a commentary on Luke (1990) and a collection of sermon-related anecdotes (Craddock Stories. 2001).
David G. Buttrick (1927–2017) was an American Presbyterian minister who later joined the United Church of Christ and became the Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor of homiletics and liturgics at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Buttrick was born in New York City in 1927.
Bryan Chapell (born 18 November 1954) is an American pastor and theologian who currently serves as the Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America. [1] He was previously the senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois.
Buttrick died in 1980. [4] His son, David G. Buttrick (1927–2017), was a Presbyterian minister who later joined the United Church of Christ and became the Drucilla Moore Buffington Professor of Homiletics and Liturgics at the Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more fully aligned, changed, or improved.
Anna Carter Florence has focused much of her research on testimony, feminist theology, and the relationship of preaching to other fields and traditions. [2] In addition to teaching and lecturing around the world on these topics, she has written several books and contributed a number of chapters and essays to others.