A short history of empirical homiletics in South Africa

In this article I am telling the story of the history of empirical homiletics, in particular the use of the Grounded Theory methodology of doing content analysis of sermons and other documents, such as interviews, to ascertain in a scientific way the contents of documents. This is an exercise in ref...

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Main Author: Pieterse, Hendrik J. C. 1936- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Stellenbosch University [2020]
In: Stellenbosch theological journal
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 343–362
IxTheo Classification:KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
RE Homiletics
ZA Social sciences
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