Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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Survey question 9--Preaching must be true to:
Tradition 16.7% 21.1% 3.8%
Survey question 12--Hermeneutical principles:
It's God's Word 0.0% 0.0% 27.6%
Perhaps all five of these can be explained by the
presence of theological (ultra)conservatives among
independent lecturers.
More frequently (eleven times), the 'related'
college lecturers are paired with the independent college
lecturers, leaving the university lecturers alone.
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Survey question 8--Ranking of potential goals:
Theology 3.0 3.5 3.5
Communication
skills 4.2 3.6 3.6
Contemporary
world 4.3 4.8 4.7
Survey quest on 10--Lecture content relating to:
Sermon
construction 80.0% 66.7% 63.3%
Theological
content 80.0% 27.8% 16.7%
Prayer 0.0% 16.7% 16.7%
Survey question 7--Definition of preaching
(Nouns--content):
Biblical content 16.7% 47.1% 44.8%
Survey question 9--Preaching must be true to:
The Bible 33.3% 76.5% 80.8%
God 16.7% 36.8% 42.3%
Survey question 15--Role of field education:
Supervised
preaching 33.3% 21.1% 17.2%
Survey question 16.a.--Interaction with other
theological disciplines:
Wish for greater
interaction 0.0% 16.7% 21.4%
In most cases listed on table 61, the 'related' and
independent lecturers exhibit theologically conservative