Course Code: BMM01

Worship and Preaching

BD I, Semester II, 4 Credit Hours, Senate Paper

Course Objectives

To help the students:

1. To understand the significance of worship and to preach in the life of the church.
2. To explore the theological basis of Christian worship and preaching.
3. To gain an understanding of the common origins, common features of worship in the churches.
4. To interpret the Bible meaningfully and contextually.

Method

• Lectures
• Practice preaching
• Visiting local congregations and analyzing worship and preaching
• Leading worship in local congregation wherever possible

Course Requirements

• Final Examination 100%

Course Outline

I. Christian Worship: Biblical and Theological Perspectives

1. Biblical narratives on the worship experiences of the people of God.
2. Theological foundations of Christian worship
3. The role and significance of sacraments, rituals and symbolic acts in the Christian life.
4. Worship, witness and mission

II. Worship in the History of Christianity

1. Worship in the Apostolic Church
2. Development of the Liturgy of the Word and its origin in Synagogue worship
3. Worship and Sacraments in different Christian traditions:
   1. Roman Catholic
   2. Orthodox/Eastern
   3. Protestant
   4. Pentecostal/Charismatic and Independent
   5. Indigenous and contextual expressions
   6. Ecumenical (Lima liturgy)

III. Elements of Worship and Forms of Christian Prayers

1. Elements of Worship: Adoration, Praise, Thanksgiving, Confession, Intercession, etc.
2. Forms: Invocations, Litanies, Petitions, Collects, Psalms, Doxologies, Benedictions, etc.
3. Glossary of important liturgical terms

IV. The Christian Year

Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, etc. The Christian calendar and the observation of fasts and feasts.

V. Preaching: Biblical and Theological Foundations

1. Theology and significance of preaching
2. The importance of preaching in the ministry of the church
3. Use of Scriptures in the Sermon/Preaching

VI. Approaches to Biblical Interpretation

1. Allegorical
2. Historical-critical
3. Liberationist
4. Post-modern
5. Dalit/Adiyasi/Tribal and feminist

VII. Tools for the Sermon Preparation

The Lexicon, Concordance, Bible Dictionaries / Bible commentaries, Knowledge of the biblical world and the contemporary world.

VIII. Sermons of Different Types

Textual, Topical / Thematic, Expository, Exegetical, Testimonial, Biographical, Occasional, Doctrinal, etc.

IX. Steps in Constructing Sermon

1. Choosing a text
2. Parts of a sermon
3. Steps and models in organizing the body of the sermon:
   1. Introduction
   2. Body
   3. Conclusion
4. Sources and use of Illustrations
5. Style of the Sermon-Linguistic styles, choice of words, structure of sentences
6. Unity and coherence of the sermon
7. Use of Lectionary

X. Delivery of the Sermon

Verbal: Pronunciation, enunciation, voice modulation

Non-Verbal: Gesture, postures, eye contact, involvement, dress code

Bibliography

Part-A, Worship

Essential Readings

• Abba, Raymond. Principles of Christian Worship. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.
• Cullmann, O. Early Christian Worship. London: SCM Press, 1953.
• Lott, E.J., ed. Worship in an Indian Context: Eight Inter Cultural Liturgies. Bangalore: UTC, 1986.
• Chauvet, Louis. Liturgy and the Body. London: SCM Press, 1995.
• Bradshaw, Paul. Early Christian Worship. Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 1996.

Suggested Readings

• Bell, Bernard Iddings. Altar and the World: Social Implications of the Liturgy. New York: Harper and Brothers Publications, 1944.
• Biffi, Enos. An Introduction to the Liturgical Year. Michigan: Eerdmans, 1994.
• Best, Thomas F and Heller, Dagmar, ed. Eucharistic Worship in Ecumenical Context. Geneva: WCC Publications, 1998.
• Bradshaw, Paul. Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Source and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
• Briafon. The Liturgy after the Liturgy. Geneva: WCC Publication, 1996.
• Davies, J.G. Every Day God. London: SCM Press, 1973.
• Dawn, M.J. Reading Out Without Dumbing Down. Michigan: W.B. Eerdmans, 1995.
• Deiss, Lucian. Springtime of the Liturgy. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1919.
• Dix, Q and Dom Gregory. The Shape of the Liturgy. Westminster: Dacre Press, 1954.
• Empereur, C. Models of Liturgical Theology. Nottingham: Grove Books, 1981.
• Everett, William Johnson. Politics of Worship: Reforming the Language and Symbols of Liturgy. Cleveland: United Church Press, 1999.
• Fenwick, J & Spinks, B. Worship in Transition. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1995.
• Gyan, Satish C. Worship and Liturgy in New Key. Hong Kong: Christian Conference of Asia, 2004.
• Haidar, Dipankar. Sermons from the New Testament. Vol 1. Raghabpur-West Bengal: Raghabpur Seva Niketan, 2010.
• Haidar, Dipankar. Sermons from the Old and New Testament. Vol. 2. Raghabpur-West Bengal: Raghabpur Seva Niketan, 2012, 2014.
• Jasper, R.C.D and Cuming, G.J. Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1992.
• Johnson, Maxwell E. Liturgy in Early Christian Egypt. Bramcote: Grove Books, 1995.
• Jones, C and Wainwright, Yarnold, eds. The Study of Liturgy. London: SPCK, 1989.
• Jungmann, J. A. Pastoral Liturgy. London: Challoner Publication, 1962.
• Jungmann, J. A. The Early Liturgy to the Time of Gregory the Great. London: Darton, 1959.
• Marshall, Romey P and Michael J Taylor. Liturgy and Christian Unity. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc., 1985.
• Mathew, George. Liturgy for Our Time. Tiruvalla: Christava Sahitya Samithy, 2006.
• Metzger, Marcel. History of the Liturgy: The Major Stages. Minneapolis: The Liturgical Press, 1997.
• Panoor, Punnoose U. Guide to Orthodox Liturgy and Faith: The Meaning and the Interpretation on Medical Mission. 1994.
• Pickett, Brian. Songs for the Journey: The Psalms in Life and Liturgy. London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2002.
• Power, David N. Word of the Lord: Liturgy’s Use of Scriptures. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2001.
• Prabhakar, Samson. Essays on Christian Education and Liturgy. Bangalore: SATHRI, 2003.
• Rice, Charles L. Embodied Word: Preaching as Art and Liturgy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991.
• Sathyakumar, Santosh. Towards the Development of an Inculturated Eucharistic Liturgy of the CSI: A Liturgical Experiment Using the Regard of Indian Music. Melbourne: Melbourne College of Divinity, 2006.
• Stewart, Sykes, Alistair, ed. Early Jewish Liturgy: A Source Book for use by Student of Early Christian Liturgy. Cambridge: Grove Book, 2001.
• Talley, Thomas J. The Origins of the Liturgical Year. New York: Pueblo, 1986.
• Tovey, Philip. Essays in West Syrian Liturgy. Kottayam: Oriental Institute of Religious Studies, 1997.
• Trovell, David. Losing the Sacred: Ritual Modernity and Liturgical Reform. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2000.
• Van Olst, E.H. Bible and Liturgy. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.
• Vellian, Jacob. Synod of Diamper and Liturgy of the Syro-Malabar Church. Rome: Pontificio Institution Orientation, 2001.
• Vysanethu, Philip. Musically makes the Malankara Liturgy Mystical. Kottayam: St. Ephrem Ecumenical Institute, 2004.
• Wandel, Less Palmer. Eucharist in the Reformation: Incarnation and Liturgy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
• Wesley, Arunkumar. Liturgy as Worship: Towards a Form of Worship in Song, Word and Drama. Bangalore: UTC, 2002.

Part-B, Preaching

Essential Readings

• Allen, Ronald J. Contemporary Biblical Interpretation. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1984.
• Best, B. From Text to Sermon. Edinburgh: The St. Andrew Press, 1978.
• Gaddala, Isaiah. Preach the Word. The Basics of Homiletics. Tiruvalla: CSS, 2009.
• Killinger, John. Fundamentals of Preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.
• Spivey, R.N. Preaching the Word. London: CLS, 1967.
• Wardlaw, D.M., Ed. Preaching Biblically. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1983.

Suggested Readings

• Adam, Daniel J. Biblical Hermeneutics: An Introduction. Serampore: Indian Theological Library, 1987.
• Anderson, Kenton C. Preaching with Conviction. Secunderabad: OM Books, 2001.
• Black, James. Mystery of Preaching. London: James Clark & Co., 2002.
• Blackwood, A. W. Planning a Year’s Pulpit Work. Edinburgh: The Saint Andrew Press, 1956.
• Broadus, J. A. On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. 4th revised edition by V.L. Sannfield, New York: Harper and Row, 1979.
• Buttrick, David B. Homiletic: Moves and Structures. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988.
• Childers, Jana. Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998.
• Cleverley, Ford D.W. Preaching at the Parish Communion. London: A.R. Mowbray & Co., 1971.
• Coleman, R. J. Gospel Telling. The Art and Theology of Children’s Sermons. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1982.
• Dodd, C.H. The Apostolic Preaching and its Development. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964.
• Eslinger, R L. Narrative and Imagination. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
• Eslinger, R L. Pitfalls in Preaching. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1996.
• Fasol, A.L. A Complete Guide to Sermon Delivery. Secunderabad: O.M. Books, 1996.
• Forbes, J. Holy Spirit and Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989.
• Greidanus, S. The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1988.
• Guttierrez, G. Sharing the Word through the Liturgical Year. Translated by Collette Jolley Dees. Bangalore: Claretian Publications, 1997.
• Harris, J. Preaching Liberation. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1995.
• Hoefer, Herbert, E. Gospel Preaching. Madras: Gurukul, 1981.
• Joseph, Jacob. “Indigenized Christian Worship in India: Some Considerations,” in Mission Frontiers 36.5, Sept-Oct, 2014.
• Joseph, Jacob. “The Challenge of Indigenizing Christian Worship: An Example from India,” in ed. Worship and Mission for the Global Church An Ethno doxology Handbook, ed. James Krabil, USA: William Carey Library, 2013.
• Jones, I.T. Principles and Practice of Preaching. New York: Abingdon Press, 1952.
• Killinger, John. Fundamentals of Preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971.
• Larsen, David L. The Anatomy of Preaching. Secunderabad: O.M Books, 1989.
• Leifield, W.L. New Testament Exposition. Bombay: GLS, 1984.
• Lloyd-Jones. Preaching and Preachers. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971.
• Massey, James Carl. Designing the Sermon. Nashville: Abingdon, 1980.
• McCracken, R.J. The Making of the Sermon. New York: Harper, 1956.
• Pasquarello, M. Sacred Rhetoric. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.
• Robinson, H.W. Expository Preaching. Leicester: Intervarsity Press, 1980.
• Reter, A.C. Making Good Preaching Better, The Liturgical Press. Minnesota: Collegeville, 1997.
• Sangster, W.E. The Approach to Preaching. London: Pickering & Inglis, 1973.
• Sangster, W.E. The Craft of Sermon Construction. London: Pickering & Inglis, 1978.
• Sleeth, R.E. God’s Word and our Words: Basic Homiletics. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1986.
• Slott, J.R.W. I Believe in Preaching. Mumbai: GLS, 2004.
• Spurgeon, C.H. Lectures to my students. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Pub., 1954.
• Von Allmen, J.J. Preaching and Congregation. London: Lutterworth Press, 1962.
• Wand, William. Letters on Preaching. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974.
• White, R.E.O. A Guide to Preaching. London: Pickering and Inglis Ltd, 1973.

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