Handbooks offer subject introductions. They include brief histories of the subject in question, individual chapters on particular aspects of the subject, and bibliographies. Handbooks provide quick and accessible information on topics encountered when studying homiletics.
Publishers often post their handbooks online. Access handbook databases with these links:
The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching by
Reference tool for preaching, with articles on every facet of Christian sermon preparation and delivery. Scholarly and practical. Interdisciplinary scholarship and it develops theory geared to practice.
The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching and Preachers by
Surveys twenty centuries of preaching from the chronological, rhetorical, biographical, and illustrational perspectives and collects the most helpful information from preachers and preaching texts.
Handbook of Themes for Preaching by
Provides concise definition, analysis, and discussion of nearly one hundred preaching topics.
Homiletical Handbook by
Primer for those who are called to preach. Simple and straightforward.
The Oxford Handbook of the Early Modern Sermon by
Surveys the early modern sermon for both students and specialists. It is divided into sections devoted to sermon composition, delivery, and reception.
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