Homiletics Bibliography

Those of you who read my blog will know that I am writing my rabbinic dissertation on the pedagogy of Homiletics in progressive seminaries. What follows is a partial bibliography. Those entries marked with (coll.) are collections of sermons, those with (ReMeth) relate to research methods and theory. Anything else, unless otherwise stated will be a book about preaching. Mostly this will be a straight up Bibliography. However, sometimes I will make a very short comment about a particular entry. I hope this is interest to every one and useful to those looking to learn about preaching either for first time or to improve their skills.
Most of these books, especially ones on 'how to preach et al', are from a Christian context and are really very Christian indeed. They are nevertheless full of good advice and ideas on how to give a sermon. But if like me you are coming at them from a Jewish perspective just be prepared for the fact the sermon works differently in liturgical contexts of Christianity and Judaism. (AF)

Berkowitz, Henry. 'The Rabbi as Preacher' in Intimate Glimpses of the Rabbi's Career.  Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1921.

Berry, D., H., (ed., trans). Cicero Political Speeches. Oxford World's Classics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Cohen, Louis et al. Research Methods in Education. 5th edition London: Routledge Falmer, 2003 (1st edition 2000).

Day, David.  A Preaching Workbook.  London: SPCK, 2004 (1st 1998).  This is an interesting book in general just because of what it can tell about the history of American Reform Judaism.

Hamilton, Donald L., Homiletical Handbook. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992.

Heywood, David. Transforming Preaching: The Sermon as a Channel for God's Word. SPCK Library of Ministry: London, 2013.

Lord, Jennifer L. Finding Language and Imagery: Words for Holy Speech. Minneapolis:  Fortress Press, 2010.

Mason, Jennifer. Qualitative Researching.  London: SAGE, 2002. (ReMeth).

Moore, Henrietta L., (ed.)., Anthropological Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999.

Rayner, John D. An Understanding of Judaism. Providence and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1997. (coll.)

Sangster, W., E.  The Craft of Sermon Construction.  London: Marshall Pickering, 1989 revised (1st 1954)

Schostak, John. Interviewing and Representation in Qualitative Research. Maidenhead: Open University press, 2006. (ReMeth).

Shulman, Sheila. Watching for the Morning Selected Sermons. Beit Klal Yisrael by Pronoun Press, 2007. (coll.)

Tanner, Mark. How to Preach a Good Sermon: A Practical Guide R38. Cambridge: Grove Books Limited, 2009. (This series is more Booklets than books but the ones I have read have been very useful nevertheless.)

Tashakkori, Abbas and Charles Teddlie. Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. Applied Social Research Methods Series Volume 46. London:  SAGE Publications,  1998.

Vibert, Simon. Excellence in Preaching: Learning from the best.  Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2011.

Waller, John. How to prepare and Preach a Sermon W182. Cambridge: Grove Books Limited, 2005. (This series is more Booklets than books but the ones I have read have been very useful nevertheless.)