Homiletics

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.

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

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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