Homiletic: Moves and Structures
Buttrick presents a complete homiletic that focuses on how sermons form in consciousness and how the language of preaching functions in the communal consciousness of a congregation. His "phenomenological" approach marks a sharp departure from older homiletics.
- Publisher Fortress Press
- Format Paperback
- ISBN 9780800620967
- eBook ISBN 9781451406023
- Dimensions 6 x 9
- Pages 512
- Publication Date March 1, 1987
Endorsements
"Everything about this book suggests that it is a most serious, most ambitious, most scholarly approach. Even the bibliographies make good reading. It's too good a book to limit only to people who preach."
— Martin E. Marty, Religious Book Club
"Here is the major book on the theory and construction of sermons for the Twentieth century. Sweeping claim! This is the most thorough discussion of our time."
— Donald K. McKim, Presbyterian Outlook
— Martin E. Marty, Religious Book Club
"Here is the major book on the theory and construction of sermons for the Twentieth century. Sweeping claim! This is the most thorough discussion of our time."
— Donald K. McKim, Presbyterian Outlook
Table of Contents
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Preface to a Homiletic
PART I: MOVES
Words in the World -
Naming and Narration
Moves
- Speaking in Moves
- Developing Moves
- Point-of-View in Moves
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Conjoining Moves
Framework
- Framework—Introductions
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Framework—Conclusions
Images
- Preaching—Image and Metaphor
- Examples and Illustrations
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The Image Grid
Language
- Language
- The Language of Preaching
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Style and Preaching
Words in the Church
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Preaching in Church and Out
PART 2: STRUCTURES
Hermeneutics
- Preaching and Authority
- The Place of Preaching
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Preaching as Hermeneutics
Homiletics
- Plots and Intentions
- Stucturing
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"Moments" in Consciousness
Structures
- Preaching in the Mode of Immediacy
- Preaching in the Reflective Mode
- The Reflective Mode: Logic of Movement
- Preaching and Praxis
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Structure in the Mode of Praxis
Theology
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A Brief Theology of Preaching
For Further Reading
Part 1. Moves
Phenomenology of Language
Narrative Theology
Recent Phetorical Studies
Point-of-View
Metaphirical Language
Communication Studies
Black Homiletics
On Languagee
Style
PART 2: STRUCTURES
Homiletic Bibliographies
The Problem of Authority
The Hermeneutical Problem
Narrative Form
Preaching Forms of the Hebrew Scriptures
Preaching Forms of the Christian Scriptures
Recent Homiletic Theory
Theology of Preaching
Acknowledgments
Subject Index
Scripture Index