The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching

Marc Notes: At head of title in a logo: NIB.; Includes bibliographical references. Publisher Marketing: The New Interpreter s Handbook of Preaching is a major reference tool for preaching, with articles on every facet of Christian sermon preparation and delivery. This resource is both scholarly and practical. It focuses on the most distinctive feature and greatest strength of homiletics as a discipline: It is rooted in interdisciplinary scholarship and it develops theory geared to practice. Its theory arises out of the study of both excellent preaching past and present and actual sermon preparation and composition. When theory and practice critique each other, it is possible to produce guidelines that assist greater excellence and economy in preaching the gospel. Excellence in standards is an area in which homiletics needs to grow, and this project will be both a means to encourage and develop it. A guiding question throughout will be, Will it preach? The answers will be offered in the sense that here is something that works well, rather than here is something to try. Preachers will turn to this resource with the expectation that they will find scholarly treatment of topics, brief bibliographies of relevant key books and articles, along with practical methodological suggestions for preachers to employ. The contributors are homileticians, preachers, and writers in various disciplines who are committed to the pulpit through practice." Contributor Bio:  Wilson, Paul Scott Paul Scott Wilson is Professor of Homiletics at Emmanuel College of the University of Toronto. He is one of the most respected and recognized teachers of homiletics in North America. He is the author of a number of books, including "The Practice of Preaching, Imagination of the Heart, God Sense: Reading the Bible for Preaching", and "The Four Pages of the Sermon", all published by Abingdon Press. He is the General Editor of "The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching". Contributor Bio:  Childers, Jana The Reverend Doctor Jana L. Childers, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Homiletics and Speech-Communication at San Francisco Theological Seminary, is a Presbyterian minister who served congregations in Kansas and New Jersey before joining the seminary faculty. She holds a B. A. from Wheaton College, an M. Div degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph. D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Interests in the arts, spirituality and worship supplement Jana s central and great love preaching. She has appeared at churches and conferences across the country in the one-woman show "Berries Red" (1987-1997), produced the original musical "Push Up the Sky" (1997-1999) at the GTU and is currently working to bring "Aimee!", a play about the life of Aimee Semple Mc Pherson, to the stage. She is the author of "Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre "(Abingdon Press, 1998), co-editor of "The Abingdon Women s Preaching Annual, Series I", editor of "Birthing the Sermon: Women Preachers on Creative Process "(Chalice Press, 2001) which was awarded the Religious Communication Association s Book of the Year award, and editor of the forthcoming "Purpose of Preaching" (Chalice Press,2003). Jana has appeared several times on "Thirty Good Minutes, "the television program produced by the Chicago Sunday Evening Club and was recently featured on the Odyssey Channel s "Great Preachers "series. Contributor Bio:  LaRue, Cleophus James LaRue is Francis Landey Patton Associate Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary. Contributor Bio:  Ratcliff, Robert A Robert A. Ratcliff is Senior Editor of Worship Resources at Abingdon Press.