Synopses & Reviews
In its creative integration of the disciplines of writing, rhetoric, and theology, Writing Theology Well provides a standard text for theological educators engaged in the teaching and mentoring of writing across the theological curriculum. As a theological rhetoric, it will also encourage excellence in theological writing in the public domain by helping to equip students for their wider vocations as writers, preachers, and communicators in a variety of ministerial and professional contexts.
Synopsis
In its creative integration of the disciplines of writing, rhetoric, and theology, Writing Theology Well provides a standard text for theological educators engaged in the teaching and mentoring of writing across the theological curriculum. As a theological rhetoric, it will also encourage excellence in theological writing in the public domain by helping to equip students for their wider vocations as writers, preachers, and communicators in a variety of ministerial and professional contexts.
Table of Contents
Part I: Writing Theological Rhetorics Well1. Writing Theology Well in Its Own Context2. Writing Theological Reflection Well: Rhetorics of Process, Problem-Solving, and Proclamation3. Writing Theological Argument Well: Rhetorics of Inquiry, Reading, Reflection, and Persuasion4. Writing the Theological Essay Well: Rhetorics of Identification, Correlation, Suspicion, and ConstructionPart II: Writin Theological and Biblical Research Well5. Writing Theological Research Well: Rhetorics of Research, Investigation, and Documentation6. Writing the Biblical Essay Well I: Rhetorics of Exegesis and Interpretation7. Writing the Biblical Essay Well II: A Critical-Hermeneutical RhetoricPart III: Toward a Theological Style and Voice of One's Own8. Writing Theology Well in a New Language9. Rewriting Theology Well I: Rhetorics of Style and Voice10 Writing with Theological Imagination Well: Rhetorics of Analogy, Metaphor, and Symbol11. Rewriting Theology Well II: A Rhetoric of Revision