Buttrick, David, 1927-

Homiletic : moves and structures / David Buttrick. - xiii, 498 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-486). Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Naming and narration -- Speaking in moves -- Developing moves -- Point-of-view in moves -- Conjoining moves -- Framework : introductions -- Framework : conclusions -- Preaching : image and metaphor -- Examples and illustrations -- The image grid -- Language -- The language of preaching -- Style and preaching -- Preaching in church and out -- Preaching and authority -- The place of preaching -- Preaching as hermeneutics -- Plots and intentions -- Structuring -- "Moments" in consciousness -- Preaching in the mode of immediacy -- Preaching in the reflective mode -- The reflective mode : logic of movement -- Preaching and praxis -- Structure in the mode of praxis -- A brief theology of preaching.

'Homiletics is an odd discipline. You cannot talk of sermon design without some glimmer of what sermons are made of, and you cannot comprehend the internal parts of a sermon without a grasp of sermon design. ...[from back cover].

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Preaching.

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