A Bibliography for Ministers

Last month's article began selections from "Bibliography of Communications Dissertations in American Schools of The­ology," by Franklin K. Knower (Speech Monographs, June, 1963), under the head­ing "Expository Preaching." Here is a list of studies in the field of persuasive preach­ing. (Really, can preaching be preaching if it does not persuade?)

Preaching That Persuades

Aarvold, Ole. "Clovis G. Chappel: The Man and His Message." Th.M., Asbury, Theological Sem­inary, 1953.

Adams, Jay E. "Sense Appeal in the Sermons of Charles Haddon Spurgeon." S.T.M., Temple University School of Theology, 1958.

Andrews, Wayne. "A Critical Study of Jonathan Ed­wards' Use of the Motive of Fear in a Selected Group of Sermons." MA., SDA Theological Seminary, 1954.

Ashbaugh, Kraid. "An Analysis of the Sermons of James White, Early Advent Preacher, With Em­phasis on Persuasion." M.A., SDA Theological Seminary, 1951.

Beckwith, Louis R. "Planned Preaching to People's Needs." B.D., Andover Newton Theological Seminary, 1953.

Bentley, Jimmy R. "An Analysis of the Attitude and Response of the Audience Toward Preach­ing." B.D., Nazarene Theological Seminary, 1958.

Bissett, Donald J. "A Study of Preaching Viewed as an Act of Communication." B.D„ Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, 1958.

Boecler, Paul A. "The Factors of Attention in Preaching." B.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1956.

Bogdanovich, John. "An Inquiry Into Selected Ele­ments of Interest and Attention in The Sermon on the Mount." A.M., SDA Theological Sem­inary, 1950.

Bradsby, Robert W. "An Investigation of Theories of Motivation and Incentives as They Relate to Lay Leadership in the Local Church." D.R.E., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1958.

Burkholder, Melvin J. "Persuasion in Preaching." Th.D., Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1958.

Carley, Glen. "A Rhetorical Study of Selected Ser­mons of Ellen G. White on Righteousness by Faith." M.A., SDA Theological Seminary, 1954.

Clay, Thomas C. "Preaching That Meets the Needs of Men." Th.M., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1954.

Colby, George T. "The Elements of Rapport in Preaching." B.D., Berkeley Baptist Divinity School, 1959.

Dixon. James I. "Major Psychological Factors in Preaching." M.S., Christian Theological Semi­nary, 1954.

Frerking, Kenneth L. "The Psychology of Persua­sive Preaching With Special Reference to the Campus Ministry." B.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1957.

Grunow, Robert A. "The Concept of Authority in the Persuasion of Christ and St. Paul." B.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1948.

Gundmundson, Valtyr E. "Greek Rhetoric and Christian Preaching: A Critical Study of Aris­totle's Rhetoric in Its Relation to the Theory and Function of the Protestant Sermonic Form." B.D., Meadville Theological School, 1952.

Hardinge, Leslie. "An Examination of the Philos­ophy of Persuasion in Pulpit Oratory Advo­cated by Ellen Gould White." M.A., SDA Theo­logical Seminary, 1950.

Jacques, Brian. "An Analysis of Persuasive Tech­niques in the Religious Addresses of William Jennings Bryan." M.A., SDA Theological Sem­inary, 1954.

Karwehl, Hans M. "Preacher, Text, and Situation." S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary, 1952.

Lange, Harrey. "A Study of the Communication Process in Preaching." B.D., Concordia Semi­nary, St. Louis, 1955.

Lien, Jerry. "Savonarola: The Speaker and His Public Address." M.A., SDA Theological Sem­inary, 1955.

Lochhaas, Philip H. "The Preaching of the Gospel as the Motive Power for Good Works." B.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1948.

Mandrell, Nelson E. "The Relevance of Dynamic Psychology for Christian Preaching." Th.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1956.

Miller, Donald. "Righteousness by Faith as a Moti­vating Factor in the Public Address of Charles

Fitch." M.A., SDA Theological Seminary, 1950. Miller, George W. "A Study of Motivation in the Preaching of Harry Emerson Fosdick." Th.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1955. Polster, Armin H. "The Importance and Means of Achieving a Balance in Appeals to Intellect and to Emotion in Preaching." B.D., Concordia Sem­inary, St. Louis, 1956.

Pruett. William E. "Style in Preaching." B.D., Chris­tian Theological Seminary, 1958.

Pullen. Milton W. "Preaching and Human Needs." S.T.M., Andover Newton Theological School, 1944.

Rattelmuller, George. "The Gospel as Motivation for Sanctification in Sermons of Spurgeon." B.D., Concordia Seminary, 1956.

Saylor, Donald R. "Literary Devices of Attention in Contemporary Preaching." Th.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1956.

Shrout, T. R. "The Personality of Paul." Th.D., Harvard Divinity School, 1954.

Steffen, Norman. "The Psychological Interaction Between Speaker and Hearer as the Holy Spirit Works Through the Proclamation of the Word." B.D., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1954.

Thompson, William D. "Emotional Appeal in American Homiletical Theory." B.D., Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1954.

Warren, Fred E. "Bodily Action in Oral Communi­cation." M.S., Christian Theological Seminary, 1960.

'Watkins, Burgin. "The Implications of Basic Com­munication Theory for the Sermon." Th.D., Iliff School of Theology, 1957.

Webber, William D. "Communication of Preach­ing." B.D., Northern Baptist Theological Sem­inary, 1955.

You may secure your choice of these pa­pers for personal study through the Inter-Library Loan plan. Simply ask the librarian of the library where you are known and have borrowing privileges, and the desired study will be secured for you. You may be required, of course, to pay the cost of post­age for delivery and return. This plan opens to the aspiring preacher a great wealth of hitherto untapped material, often both inspiring and instructive, that he "might by all means save some."