A Guide for Writing about Theology and Religion

A Guide for Writing about Theology and Religion
Author: Mari Rapela Heidt
Publisher: Anselm Academic Christian Brothers Pub.
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Authorship
ISBN: 9781599820033

"This resource reviews the basics necessary for good scholarly religious writing, including how to correctly cite texts from various traditions; how to refer to people and rituals properly; and what common grammar, punctuation, and usage errors to avoid"--

The Religion and Theology Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide

The Religion and Theology Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide
Author: Joel Hopko
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2017-11-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1538100967

The Religion Student Writer’s Manual and Reader’s Guide, is a set of instructions and exercises that sequentially develop citizenship, academic, and professional skills while providing students with knowledge about a wide range of religious concepts, phenomena, and information sources. Part 1 begins by teaching students about reading and writing in introductory religion.It focuses on the crafts of writing and scholarship by providing the basics of grammar, style, formats and source citation, and then introduces students to a variety of rich information resources including the religious journals and the Library of Congress. Part 2 prepares students to research, read, write, review, and critique religious scholarship. Finally, Part 3 provides for the practice of religious scholarship in advanced courses such as the history of religion and contemporary approaches to the study of religion.

Quality Research Papers

Quality Research Papers
Author: Nancy Jean Vyhmeister
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2009-06-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310541212

Nancy Vyhmeister's Quality Research Papers is fast becoming a standard reference textbook for writing research papers in the field of religion and theology. It takes the student from the beginning assignment of a paper through the research phase to the finished paper. This second edition gives improvements and added material for such things as the expanding field of online research and doing church-related research in a professional manner. Resources for doing research are updated throughout the book.

Expressing Theology

Expressing Theology
Author: Jonathan Roach
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498208703

Have you ever picked up a volume of theology, read the first page, and decided you would rather scrub the bathroom floor than read another page? Theology does not need to be abstract, dull, boring, tedious, dense, inconsequential, trivial, remote, immaterial, or unimportant. Theology should not leave readers feeling bewildered and lost. Expressing Theology challenges writers of theology to craft engaging, compelling, and beautiful prose that grabs readers' attention and makes reading a pleasure. Expressing Theology provides writers of theology--academics, aspiring, and published--with perspectives and writing techniques to write theology that readers want to read.

An Introduction to the Theology of Religions

An Introduction to the Theology of Religions
Author: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830874402

How does Christianity relate to other religions? Beginning with a consideration of the biblical perspective, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen offers a detailed and comprehensive survey of the diverse explanations proposed by teachers of the church down through the ages. This indispensable guide is for anyone seeking to grasp Christianity?s relationship to world religions.

A Guide to Writing Academic Essays in Religious Studies

A Guide to Writing Academic Essays in Religious Studies
Author: Scott G. Brown
Publisher: Continuum
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2008-05-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Scott Brown explains to undergraduates what they need to know about writing research essays pertaining to religion. Topics include theoretical and methodological assumptions, how to locate appropriate scholarly literature, types of research essays, developing a thesis, the essentials of essay form and content, and much more.

Academic Research and Writing in Theology and Religious Studies

Academic Research and Writing in Theology and Religious Studies
Author: Longwe, Hany
Publisher: Mzuni Press
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2016-03-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9996045021

The aim of this book is to empower students carry out research and write better dissertations with confidence. The book has been produced to provide students with the basic information needed to understand the theological and religious research process, from the idea stage to the production and submission of a dissertation. It is expected that the work will satisfy the needs of theological and religious studies students who must plan a research project and carry it out to completion to qualify for a degree through research.

Expressing Theology

Expressing Theology
Author: Jonathan Roach
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498208711

Have you ever picked up a volume of theology, read the first page, and decided you would rather scrub the bathroom floor than read another page? Theology does not need to be abstract, dull, boring, tedious, dense, inconsequential, trivial, remote, immaterial, or unimportant. Theology should not leave readers feeling bewildered and lost. Expressing Theology challenges writers of theology to craft engaging, compelling, and beautiful prose that grabs readers' attention and makes reading a pleasure. Expressing Theology provides writers of theology--academics, aspiring, and published--with perspectives and writing techniques to write theology that readers want to read.

Writing Theology Well

Writing Theology Well
Author: Lucretia B. Yaghjian
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2006-11-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441113169

In its creative integration of the disciplines of writing, rhetoric, and theology, Writing Theology Well provides a standard text for theological educators engaged in the teaching and mentoring of writing across the theological curriculum. As a theological rhetoric, it will also encourage excellence in theological writing in the public domain by helping to equip students for their wider vocations as writers, preachers, and communicators in a variety of ministerial and professional contexts.

Writing Theology Well 2nd Edition

Writing Theology Well 2nd Edition
Author: Lucretia B. Yaghjian
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2015-09-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567296210

A working guide for students conducting theological writing and research on theology and biblical studies courses, this book integrates the disciplines of writing, rhetoric, and theology, to provide a standard text for the teaching and mentoring of writing across the theological curriculum.As a theological rhetoric, it also encourages excellence in theological writing in the public domain by helping to equip students for their wider vocations as writers, preachers, and communicators in a variety of ministerial and professional contexts. This 2nd Edition includes new chapters on 'Writing Theology in a New Language', which explores the linguistic and cultural challenges of writing theology well in a non-native language, and 'Writing and Learning Theology in an Electronic Age', addressed to distance learning students learning to write theology well from online courses, and dealing with the technologies necessary to do so.