Performing the Word
Preaching as Theatre
Published on 1. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
154 pages
978-0-687-07423-5 (ISBN)
Description
Whether they like it or not, actors and preachers have a great deal in common. Many churchgoers see the truth in the old saying that links preachers and frustrated actors, though few preachers seem anxious to acknowledge the family resemblance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
261 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-687-07423-5 (9780687074235)
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Person
The Reverend Doctor Jana L. Childers, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Homiletics and Speech-Communication at San Francisco Theological Seminary, is a Presbyterian minister who served congregations in Kansas and New Jersey before joining the seminary faculty. She holds a B.A. from Wheaton College, an M.Div degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.