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Education
• B.A. Milligan College
• B.D. Princeton Theological Seminary
• Dr.Theol.
University of Tübingen
Ministry
Experience
Over 17 years leading churches in Pennsylvania and Germany
Publications
• From The Housetops: Preaching in the Early Church
and Today
• Romans
• Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching, contributor
• Faith in Practice: Studies in the Book of Acts, contributor
• Building Up the Church, contributor
• The Ministers Manual 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, contributor
Bio
Vita |
Bruce E. Shields
Russell
F. and Marian J. Blowers Professor of Christian Ministries
Bibliography
Books
Romans ,
Cincinnati: Standard Publishing Company, 1988.
From The Housetops: Preaching in the Early
Church and Today, St Louis: Chalice
Press, 2000.
Preaching Romans,
St. Louis: Chalice Press, scheduled for 2004
History of
Christian Worship, with David Butzu, Joplin, MO: College
Press, 2006
Chapters in Books
“Campbell on Language and Revelation and
Modern Approaches to Language,” in Building Up The Church:
Scripture, History, and Growth, A Festschrift in Honor of Henry E.
Webb, Gary E. Weedman, ed., Milligan College, TN, 1993, pp.
85-97.
“The Areopagus Sermon as a Model for
Apologetic Preaching,” in Faith in Practice: Studies in the
Book of Acts, A Festschrift in Honor of Earl and Ottie Mearl
Stuckenbruck, David A. Fiensy and William D. Howden, eds.,
Atlanta: European Evangelistic Society, 1995, pp. 224-236.
“John Henry Jowett,” in Concise
Encyclopedia of Preaching, eds., William Willimon and Richard
Lischer, Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995. (Now
published in translation in Japan)
Essay on Preaching on Hope and sermons for Ministers
Manual, 2000, James Cox, ed. San Francisco: Josey-Bass
Publishers, pp. 362-371.
Articles in
The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Foster,
Douglas A., Anthony L. Dunnavant, Paul M. Blowers, and D. Newell
Williams, eds. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004:
“Preaching—19th century,” 602-604
“Preaching—Christian Churches/Churches of Christ,” 605-606
“Worship—19th Century” (with Paul Blowers), 786-788
“Worship—Christian Churches/Churches of Christ,” 791-792
“Smith, ‘Raccoon’ John,” 690-691
” An Oral
Reading of Romans 8:31-34,” in Verbum et Ecclesia,
Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 664-675.
Sermons
The Minister’s Manual ,
1995 Edition, James W. Cox, ed., San Francisco: Harper, pp. 94-95,
99-100, 102-103, 107-108, 111-112.
The Minister’s Manual,
1996 Edition, pp. 215-216.
The Ministers
Manual, 1998 Edition, James W. Cox, ed., San Francisco: Josey-Bass,
pp. 134-135, 138-139, 142-143, 146-147.
The Ministers
Manual, 1999 Edition, pp. 223-224, 227, 231-232, 236.
“Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life,” Leaven,
Vol. 7 No. 1 (Winter, 1999): 33-34.
“Fear God,” from Ezekiel 33, Göttinger
Predigthilfe Website, Fall, 1999.
The Ministers Manual 2002
Edition, James Cox, ed., (San Francisco: Josey-Bass Publishers), pp.
178-9, 183-4, 188-9, 194-6.
The Minister’s Manual 2003
Edition, James Cox, ed., (San Francisco: Josey-Bass Publishers), pp.
281-283, 287-288, 292-293, 297-299, 303-304.
Journal Articles
“Christian Education of the Mentally Retarded,”
Key to Christian Education, Oct., Nov., Dec., 1965:9-10.
“Paul in Athens,” Christian Standard,
Jan. 6, 1974: 12-14.
“One Sure Way,” Christian Standard,
Oct. 27, 1974:11-12
“The Areopagus Sermon and Romans 1:18ff.: A
Study in Creation Theology,” Restoration Quarterly, 20/1
(First Quarter, 1977):23-40.
“A Biblical Perspective on Creation,” A
Journal for Christian Studies, 1/2 (Oct., 1981):11-15.
“A Few Observations, Personal and Historical,
On The June 22-24 Meetings in Nashville,” Mission, Vol. 18
(1984-85) August: 22-23.
Reflections: “New Testament Hermeneutics, ”Christian
Standard, March 23, 1997: 4-6.
Reflections: “Reflecting on Worship, ”Christian
Standard, June 22, 1997: 6-7.
Reflections: “Give Them Words, Preacher, ”Christian
Standard, September 21, 1997: 4-5.
“Integrating Ministry and Theology: One
Seminary’s Story,” Theological Education,
Vol. 33, No. 2
(Spring 1997): 11-17.
“Where In The World? Reflections on a trip,”
Christian Standard , December 21, 1997: 4-5.
“Preaching and Culture”, Homiletic
Vol. XXII No. 2 (Winter, 1997), pp. 1-9.
“Readers Guide: Literary Resources for
Worship,” Leaven Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter, 1998): 45-48.
“Campbell, Paul, and the Old Testament” in Stone-Campbell
Journal 2/2 (Fall, 1999), pp. 165-175.
“The Reality of Christian Worship as Depicted
in Revelation,” in Leaven, 8/1, Winter Quarter, 2000.
“The Hermeneutics of Alexander Campbell,” Restoration
Quarterly, 43/3 (Third Quarter, 2001): 167-179.
"Ministry - A Matter of Death and Life: 2
Cor. 2:14-17" in Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry
Volume 10, Number 4 (Fourth Quarter 2002), pp. 174-181.
“Light
From Unlikely Lamps” Christian Standard, November 23, 2003:
4-6.
“Response to David Fleer’s ‘Preaching in Churches
of Christ: Moving Toward a Theology,’” Leaven Vol. 11, No. 4
(Fourth Quarter 2003): 180-181.
“They Went Out From Us” Leaven Vol. 14,
No. 3 (Third Quarter, 2006): 129-133.
Book Reviews
Ruth D. Rowan, Helping Children With Learning
Disabilities (Nashville: Abingdon) in Christian Standard,
1983:535
Rudolf Bohren, Predigtlehre (München:
Christian Kaiser Verlag, 1980) in Homiletic VIII/2 (1983):
11-12.
Werner Schutz, Probleme der Predigt (Göttingen:
Ehrenfried Klotz Verlag, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1981) in Homiletic
IX/2(1984):7-8.
Bonnie Weller, Challenged Parenting
(Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1983) in Christian Standard
1984:919.
Dale B. Martin, Slavery As Salvation: The
Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline Christianity (New Haven: Yale U.
Press, 1990) in Restoration Quarterly Vol. 35, 1993: 56-57.
Sidney Greidanus, The Modern Preacher and the
Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature
(Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1988) in Journal
For Christian Studies, Fall, 1993.
Jeffrey T. Myers, “Unfinished ‘Errand into
the Wilderness’: Tendenzen und Schwerpunkte der Homiletic in den USA
1960-1985” (Doctoral Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg University,
Mainz, Germany) in Homiletic, XXI/1 (Summer, 1996): 7-9.
H. David Schuringa, Hearing the Word in a
Visual Age for Encounter, Winter 1997: 122-124.
Joseph R. Jeter, Jr. Crisis Preaching,
(Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998) in Encounter, Spring, 1999.
André Resner. Preacher and Cross: Person and
Message in Theology and Rhetoric (Grand Rapids: William B.
Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999) in Stone-Campbell Journal,
Spring, 2000: 121123.
Ronald J. Allen and Gilbert L. Bartholomew. Preaching
Verse By Verse (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000) in Encounter,
Summer 2001: 319-320.
Joseph B. Tamney, The Resilience of
Conservative Religion in Christian Standard December 15,
2002: 21.
Leroux, Neil R. Luther’s Rhetoric: Strategies and Style from the
Invocavit Sermons (St. Louis: Concordia Academic Press, 2002) in
Homiletic XXVII/2 (Winter, 2003). Also in The Clipboard,
September, 2003.
Allen, O. Wesley. Preaching Resurrection (St. Louis: Chalice
Press, 2000) in Encounter 64/2 (Spring 2003), 215-217.
Corley, Bruce, Steve W. Lemke, and Grant Lovejoy, eds. Biblical
Hermeneutics: A Comprehensive Introduction to Interpreting Scripture
(Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2002) in Stone-Campbell
Journal 7/1 (Spring 2004): 134.
Park, Eung Chun. Either Jew or Gentile: Paul's Unfolding Theology
of Inclusivity (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003)
on SBL Website, 6 June 2004.
Hedrick, Charles W. Many Things in Parables: Jesus and His Modern
Critics (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004) in
Homiletic XXIX, No. 2 (Winter 2004): 33-34.
Schmidt, Leigh Eric, Holy Fairs: Scotland and the Making of
American Revivalism (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans
Publishing, 2001 [second edition]) in The Clipboard, Summer
2005.
Patterson, Stephen J. Beyond the Passion: Rethinking the Death
and Life of Jesus in Homiletic XXX/2, Winter 2005, 18-19.
Tobin, Thomas H. Paul’s Rhetoric in its Contexts: The Argument of
Romans in Homiletic XXXI/1
(Summer 2006), 37-38.
Taylor, Myron J. Proclaiming the Risen Lord in the
Clipboard, November, 2006.
Cosgrove, Charles H., Herold Weiss, and K.K. Yeo. Cross-Cultural
Paul: Journeys to Others, Journeys to Ourselves, Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005 in the Clipboard,
February, 2007.
Videorecordings
Worship. [Videorecording]. Joplin, MO: Good News Productions, 1989.
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