The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present

by Richard Lischer (Editor)

Paperback, 2002

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Available

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Description

This unique volume draws on the wisdom of Christian thinkers and preachers from across the ages to present a warm and informative collection of insights on the art of preaching. Gathering the writing of figures as diverse as Augustine, John Chrysostom, Jonathan Edwards, Gardner C. Taylor, and Barbara Brown Taylor, The Company of Preachers provides experienced advice on effective preaching, direct from the pens of those who have known it best. The book is arranged in seven divisions, each covering a central component of the preaching task. Editor Richard Lischer, himself a distinguished preacher and teacher, gives a brief introduction to each selection. Aptly presenting a theological and historical cross-section of the church's homiletics, this volume will be invaluable to preachers, students preparing for ministry, and others seeking models of powerful Christian speech. " Features insights on preaching from: Augustine Karl Barth Dietrich Bonhoeffer Walter Brueggemann Rudolf Bultmann Horace Bushnell David Buttrick John Calvin John Cassian John Chrysostom Fred B. Craddock C. H. Dodd Jarena Lee Jonathan Edwards Charles Grandison Finney P. T. Forsyth Harry Emerson Fosdick Gregory the Great George Herbert Martin Luther Henry H. Mitchell John Henry Newman Phoebe Palmer Paul Ricoeur Oscar Romero Friedrich Schleiermacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon Barbara Brown Taylor Gardner C. Taylor John Wesley, and many more "… (more)

Publication

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (2002), 496 pages

Rating

(3 ratings; 4.3)

User reviews

LibraryThing member BradKautz
I read excerpts of this book in seminary and took it off my shelf to read it straight through. The subtitle is Wisdom on Preaching, to which I would say that some of the pieces in this book were very good, particularly by people of days long past, such as Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Edwards,
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Spurgeon and others, while other pieces were exceedingly tedious (and these appearing primarily to be directed at scholarly audiences and lacking apparent practical value) and seemed not in the least to be connected with Paul's objective of preaching Christ, and Him crucified. A so-so book, as least from my perspective of being one who preaches weekly.
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LibraryThing member nicholasjjordan
Fantastic collection. I read it slowly over 1.5 years or so, and it must have added a couple dozen authors to my to-read list. You could have qualms with omissions, but that's true of any anthology.
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