Grammar and Writing for Seminarians

Grammar and Writing Guides Specifically for Seminary Students

• Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook of Style
• Condensed Manual of Style and Guide for Theses and Papers at Luther Seminary
• Duke Divinity School Center for Theological Writing
• UNC Writing Center - Writing for Religious Studies
• Guidelines for Research Writing in Religion and Theology (SBL Style) (a PDF file at Taylor Univ. College)
• Guidelines for Researching and Writing Seminary Theses and Extended Research Papers (a PDF file at Lincoln Christian Seminary)
• Dartmouth Writing Program: student site and faculty site and especially Writing the Religion Paper
• A Quick Grammar Review for Greek Students (MGVH)
• Greek-English Grammatical Terms
• RevWriter: Resources for congregational ministry and writing

General Grammar and Writing Guides

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• Principles of Composition
• Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Style
• OWL Handouts Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Purdue University)
• The UVic Writer's Guide Start Here
• Open Directory - Arts Writers Resources
• Open Directory - Arts Writers Resources Style Guides
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk
• Writing Guides on Writing@CSU (Colorado State University)
• SWC Evaluating Grammar and Mechanics (Univ. of Texas - more from a teacher's perpsective)
• Teaching Resources from the Wabash Center: Excellent links related to researching and writing
• Writing Center Handouts from (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Style and Writing Guides at the Internet Public Library

Writing and the Internet

• Writing for the Web
• Writing - Internet - WebReference.com

Some Suggested Books

• The Seminary Student Writes by Deborah Core
• Connecting With the Congregation Rhetoric and the Art of Preaching by Lucy Lind Hogan and Robert Reid
• Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible by Thomas G. Long

Other Resources

• AAR Abstracts - Especially note:
  • "Teaching/Creative Writing as Parabolic Theology: A Case Study" by Faith Kirkham Hawkins
  • "Teaching Theological Reflection Well, Reflecting on Writing as a Theological Practice" by Lucretia B. Yaghjian
• Religious Studies Programs and Resources

Page compiled by Mark Vitalis Hoffman 07/2008

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