Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

one of seven groups, in accordance with a preacher—
theologian (one of the seven named above) whose position
most nearly matched the lecturer's own. In preparation for
this method of generalization, I began my work by studying
preaching theologies, but not of the fifty—five individual
lecturers, rather, of the seven models.
I read extensively in the writing of the seven
theologians. From their broad thought, I distilled
theologies of preaching, noting distinctive perspectives in
each of six aspects of preaching: its content, source,
setting (the common traits shared by all mankind, as well as
the more specific circumstances of individual
congregations), purpose, communication factors, and the
preacher as a person.
Chapter two presents theological summaries which
resulted from this preliminary reading. This chapter serves
at least two purposes. The chapter, or any of its seven
segments, stands independently as an introduction to the
preaching theology of the model(s) it describes. Within the
dissertation as a whole, this chapter, along with chapter
three's further comparisons, serves as the basis for stating
specific hypotheses of how various theologies could
determine the teaching of preaching.
2. The first stage of research developed seven
separate broad pictures of preaching. These summaries
enabled subsequent statement of seven sets of hypotheses
describing how each theology could determine the teaching of
preaching.