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Table 42
Li PT JS KR
Survey question 8--Ranking of potential goals:
Preacher's
maturity 4.6 5.5 4.2 4.2
Theology 3.4 2.3 3.9 4.2
Communication
skills (3.5) 4.5 4.0 4.0
Survey question 10--Lecture content relating to:
The congregation
55.3% 40% 65% 71.4%
Preacher's
spiritual
life (39.5%) 20% 45% 42.9%
Communication
skills 52.6% 60% 85% 85.7%
Survey question 7--Definition of preaching
(Verbs—purpose):
Proclamation 55.3% 60% (60%) 28.6%
Survey question 9--Preaching must be true to:
The preacher 25% 40% 70% 66.7%
Survey question 12--Hermeneutical principles:
Say what text
says 36.9% 33.3% 60% 66.7%
Survey question 14--Work required of students:
Examinations 42.1% 50% 20% 0.0%
Survey question 13.a.--Use of required textbooks:
76.3% 50% 25% 28.6%
In an examination of table 42's survey data lines,
one feature stands out. The issue of 'the preacher as a
person' appears three times, in relation to three
different survey questions. (This is critical, for this
matter does not appear on tables 40 or 41, the tables
documenting the other theologically based pairings.)
On each of these three questions, 'Stewart'+'Rahner
lecturers' give greater priority to the development of
the preacher as a person (8,9,10).
A subsidiary, yet important, theme appearing on