Claiming Theology in the Pulpit

by Burton Z Cooper, John S. McClure

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664227029
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	11/30/2003
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Burton Z. Cooper is Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

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).

Table of Contents

	Preface	xi
Part 1	The Theological Profile	1
	Preliminary Remarks	1
Chapter 1	The Hidden Determinants: Method, Authority, and Worldview	9
Chapter 2	Doctrines	37
Part 2	How to Use the Theological Profile	71
	Preliminary Remarks	71
Chapter 3	The Theological Profile and Sermon Brainstorming	75
Chapter 4	The Theological Profile and Sermon Composition	103
Chapter 5	Two Sermons	121
Appendix A	The Theological Profile (Short Form)	135
Appendix B	Theological Profile Chart	140
	Notes	143