What's the Shape of Narrative Preaching?

by Mike Graves

Bringing together some of the most-respected voices in contemporary homiletics to examine the different forms of narrative preaching, as well as the practice's status, What's the Shape of Narrative Preaching? gives students and preachers much to ponder and discuss.About the Mike Graves is William K. McElvaney Visiting Professor of Preaching at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, and Regional Minister of Preaching for the Greater Kansas City Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)About the David J. Schlafer is an ordained Episcopal priest living and working in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition to writing many books on preaching, he has taught at several noted institutions, including Nashotah House, Seabury-Western, The University of the South (Sewanee), and Virginia Seminary, and has served on the staff of the College of Preachers

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Rob O'Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid (graduate-level) introduction to and evaluation of the theory of Narrative Preaching, as espoused by Eugene Lowry. It does require a firm grasp of homiletic theory and it provides little sermon sampling. However what it does in terms of assessing and evaluating the "shape" of this approach to preaching, it does well.