Religious texts represent a specific rhetorical genre. What does it mean to construct these texts? In order to answer this question we reflect upon our experience of co-authoring a religious text, the *Ordinary Catechism* (*Gewone Catechismus*), …
[...] In the military chaplaincy research community that we are both involved in as researchers, the issue of case comparison emerged while discussing single cases. This research community consists of six military chaplains, working in multiple …
This paper provides an introduction to the study of the sermons of military chaplains based on 10 sermons by Army and Navy chaplains within the context of peacekeeping missions. Three concepts emerge from these data, focusing upon the homiletical …
This representative survey amongst 653 ministers in the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) maps their experiences and views with regard to euthanasia. We found that three-quarters of the ministers have experience with euthanasia requests from …
Jedes Jahr beginne ich den Kurs Feiern und Predigen (Vieren en preken) innerhalb der Pfarrerausbildung an der Protestantse Theologische Universiteit mit der Predigt von Martin Luther über die Kanaänitische Frau nach Matthäus 15. Luther predigte …
The fear of the Lord should be understood as an emotional response to divine power (PortierYoung). Equating fear of God with worship or with obedience reduces it to a pious spirituality on the one hand or to a political-ethical agenda on the other. …
How does self-disclosure work in preaching? This study explores that question empirically, using a variety of data collection methods such as sermon analysis, focus groups, and interviews. Self-disclosure is an ambiguous concept in homiletical and …
The following case description touches on a painful chapter in the Netherlands' national history: the deployment of Dutch soldiers in the Dutch East Indies. The description deals with an army chaplain`s home visit to 89 years old Mr Klaas2, a veteran …
Atonement is a central doctrine in Christian theology. Even though preaching is not about doctrines, doctrine does operate in and through preaching. In this essay the relationship between atonement and preaching is explored. Based upon a contemporary …
The practice of Military Chaplains has been studied from various angles (sociological, historical, ethical) except from an empirical homiletical perspective. What do military chaplains do when they preach, if `preaching' is the correct label for …