PS1462 is a one credit hour introductory class taken in a one semester sequence with PS1461 and PS1463 which are also one credit hour classes.   This course will invite students to think about the importance of communication in the varied tasks of their ministries and vocations. Heightened emphasis will be given to the art of preaching and the varied theologies and practices that arise in differing cultural contexts and communities.  Discussion on preaching will focus on connecting individual situations to meta narratives, with particular attention to biblical exegesis, interpretation, sermon form, orality, the person of the preacher, and the sermon’s embodiment. Students will familiarize themselves with theories regarding narrative use in spoken word poetry.

PSR requires three hours of outside work for each hour spent in the classroom.  Students will spend time outside of class watching videos, listening to podcasts, reading assigned articles and critically reflecting on them orally and in writing.  Students will create a sermon in a format/mode that is best suited to communicating the student’s message and that can be used beyond the classroom in a setting of the student’s choosing—a congregation, public event, or virtual public forum. Additionally, students will respond to each other’s work  Course meets 3/10/25-4/14/25.[Auditors with Faculty Permission]