Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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Stewart 5
Rahner 3
Barth 2
Bultmann 1
Fosdick 0.5
Other 2
520ne college indicated equal pluralities for the
Episcopal and Congregational denominations; that college's
responses are counted half for each of those churches.
group together a large number of conservative
colleges which either are free from any denominational tie
or are associated with a small, relatively new denomination
(sponsoring only one British college). Within this
section's analysis, I group these as though they comprised
one denomination, the 'Evangelicals'.
In relation to each data line, I noted the
denominations whose composite survey responses placed them
on extremes. Next, I considered the relative position of
the intermediate figures, noting whether they appear closest
to one of the extremes, or to the midpoint between them.
When I had done this for all the data lines, I looked for,
in relation to each denomination, traits in the teaching of
preaching where the data revealed significant patterns
(themes where a denomination's lecturers' responses
consistently placed them in similar positions relative to
the other denominational groups, e.g., on the upper extreme.
This would indicate at least the possibility of a
denominational influence.)
85% of the Evangelical lecturers come from the
Lloyd—Jones lecturer group. While it is true that half of
the Baptist lecturers come from that same theologically
conservative ilk, the Baptist group freely leaves the
conservative camp at other points to be presented below.
Thus, the data indicates a small but significant
denominational influence here; Baptist lecturers (and
preachers as taught by those lecturers) give greater
attention to the Bible than their Evangelical counterparts.
A similar effect is noted in the previous section.
'Related' college lecturers apparently give more attention
to Scripture than independent college lecturers. There
could be some correlation between these two Bible related
patterns. All of the Evangelical colleges are also
'independent'. Three of seven Baptist colleges fall into
the 'related' category. The remainder are independent.
.--"'The two Baptist composite responses to question
ten contradict the pattern set in other Baptist responses
listed on table 79.
7The following table compares actual, and
theologically predicted, means.
Actual Predicted
Baptist 3.0 3.3
Episcopal 3.7 3.7
Presbyterian 2.8 3.1
Evangelical 3.8 3.4
Of the six choices that question eight offered, only