This dissertation examines the impact of contemporary narrative homiletics on interpretation and preaching. Chapter 1 provides the groundwork for the study by laying out the thesis and methodology to be followed. Chapter 2 defines hermeneutics and homiletics from a traditional, historical perspective. The goal of this chapter is not an in-depth study of these fields but the basic presuppositions underlying each as they have historically worked together. Chapter 3 builds on the historical relationship between hermeneutics and homiletics in traditional methods of preaching. Chapter 4 examines the shift in homiletical methods which became known as the New Homiletic. Specifically, this chapter examines the foundational work of Fred B. Craddock in setting forth a predominant model for preaching in mainline preaching today. Chapter 5 defines narrative homiletics according to three current narrative homiletical streams. Chapter 6 offers a conclusion for the study, stating the impact of narrative homiletics on interpretation, preaching, and the church. Finally, suggestions for the future use of narrative elements in traditional homiletics are offered. / This item is only available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. If you are not associated with SBTS, this dissertation may be purchased from <a href="http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb">http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb</a> or downloaded through ProQuest's Dissertation and Theses database if your institution subscribes to that service.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 8, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-225). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-86). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1997. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-86). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Rhetoric and Writing, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Sept. 11, 2009) Includes bibliographic references (p. 335-340). Also issued in print.

Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1994. / Title from title page screen, viewed March 28, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Margaret S. Steffensen (chair), Bruce W. Hawkins, Sandra M. Metts, David L. Tucker. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-184) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 126-131). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 457-463). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis(M.A.)--Auburn University, 2006. / Abstract. Includes bibliographic references.

Thesis (D. Min.)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006. / Includes abstract and vita. "November 2006" Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-160).