Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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thesis of the study, that a lecturer's theology determines
his teaching of preaching. And, based on the evidence, it
evaluates the earlier chapters' other more specific
hypotheses.
5. Chapter five details the actual, specific patterns
of correspondence between the theologies of several lecturer
groups and their teaching of preaching. The last stage of
research re—examined these patterns. I compared the
characteristics (as discerned from composite 'survey
responses) of each group with the writings of the theologian
with which members of the group identified. This step
ensured that the characteristics of each group were not
merely random, but in actual accord with the appropriate
theological model.
The concluding chapter offers this final analysis and a
summary description of contemporary teaching of preaching.