Practical Theology - Homiletics - RETA6032

• Title: PTPV1-Practical Theology - Homiletics
• Guaranteed by: Department of Practical Theology (27-PT)
• Faculty: Protestant Theological Faculty
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• Points: 2
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. Tabita Landová, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: Mgr. Eliška Vančová (01.06.2020)

The course provides an introduction into the homiletics. It deals with the theological foundation of preaching (why
do we preach?), the task of preaching (what is it good for?), the content of preaching (what do we preach?) and its
form (how do we preach?). The aim of the course is to present the actual homiletical debate and provide
knowledge for a critical homiletical reflection and own homiletical production.
The structure of the course:
1. Homiletics as the practical-theological discipline
2. The theology of preaching: grounds, nature and task of the preaching
3. The new homiletical approaches: the New Homiletic; preaching as on open work of art; dramaturgical
homiletics
4. The biblical text and the basic homiletical-exegetical approaches
5. Preaching the Old Testament
6. Preaching and the literary forms of the biblical texts
7. The preacher
8. The listener
9. The typology of the sermon and its structure
10. The performance of the sermon and its critical reflection

Literature

Last update: Mgr. Eliška Vančová (01.06.2020)

ACHTEMEIER, Elizabeth Rice. Preaching hard texts of the Old Testament. Peabody, MAU: Hendrickson, 1998. ISBN 1-56563-333-4

ADAMS J. E. Preaching with Purpose. The Urgent Task of Homiletics. Zondervan 1986. ISBN 978-0310510918

BRUEGGEMANN W. Finally Comes the Poet. Mineapolis 1989. ISBN 978-0800623944

BUTTRICK D. Moves and Structures. Philadelphia 1987. ISBN 978-0800620967

CRADDOCK F. B. As One Without Authority. Essays on Inductive Preaching (1971). Nashville 42001. ISBN 978-0827200265

EDWARDS O. C. A History of Preaching. Nashville, Tenn.: Abingdon Press, 2004. ISBN 0-687-03864-2

IMMINK, F., STARK C. Preaching: creating perspective. Utrecht: Societas Homiletica, 2002. ISBN 90-806342-6-3

LONG, Thomas G. Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible, Philadelphia 1989. ISBN 0-8006-2313-4

THOMPSON J. W. Preaching like Paul: homiletical wisdom for today. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. ISBN 0-664-22294-3

WILSON P. S. The practice of preaching. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0687645275

Entry requirements

Last update: doc. Tabita Landová, Ph.D. (04.09.2022)

This course is designed for students in the Protestant Theology English program. 

Course completion requirements

Last update: doc. Tabita Landová, Ph.D. (04.09.2022)

Regular attendance and successful completion of the final test are required for credit.