The Art of Preaching
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DL204/304 |
| Michael McEntee (coordinator) |
Semester 1, 2012 Wednesday 6.00pm — 9.00pm |
This unit will treat the history, theology and hermeneutics of Christian preaching in order to introduce the student more thoroughly to its practice. This will involve consideration of the various modes of preaching available to the preacher, the Second Vatican Council’s call for a renewal of preaching within the Catholic Church, the function of preaching within the liturgy, and the challenge of preaching in contemporary Australian culture.
Undergraduate Prerequisites
BS101, BS102, CD101, CD102, DL103 or equivalent
Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites (DL304)
none
Requirements
3 hours per week
Undergraduate Assessment
| second level | one 2,000 word essay | 60% |
| two 15 minute oral presentations | 2 x 20% | |
| third level | one 3,000 word essay | 60% |
| two 15 minute oral presentations | 2 x 20% |
Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment (DL304)
| one 4,000 word essay | 60% |
| two 15-minute oral presentations | 2 x 20% |
Bibliography
- Anderson, C. Colt. Christian Eloquence: Contemporary Doctrinal Preaching. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2005.
- Bishops’ Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fulfilled in Your Hearing: The Homily in the Sunday Assembly. Washington, DC: United States Catholic Conference, 1982.
- Brueggemann, Walter. Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989.
- Burghardt, Walter J. Preaching: The Art and the Craft. New York: Paulist, 1987.
- Cote, Richard. Lazarus! Come Out! Why Faith Needs Imagination. Ottawa: Novalis, 2003.
- Fuller, Reginald. Preaching the Lectionary: The Word of God for the Church Today. Rev. ed. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1984.
- Hilkert, Mary C. Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination. New York: Continuum, 1996.
- Monshau, Michael, ed. The Grace and Task of Preaching. Dublin: Dominican, 2006.
- Porteous, Julian, ed. The New Evangelisation: Developing Evangelical Preaching. Ballan, VIC: Connor Court, 2008.
- Wallace, James A. Preaching to the Hungers of the Heart: The Homily on the Feasts and within the Rites. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002.
- ———, ed. Preaching in the Sunday Assembly: A Pastoral Commentary on ‘Fulfilled in Your Hearing’. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2010.
- Waznak, Robert P. An Introduction to the Homily. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998.