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Charles L. Bartow
Carl and Helen Egner Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry
Department of Practical Theology
103 Templeton Hall
Phone: 609.497.7963
Fax: 609.924.2973
Email: charles.bartow@ptsem.edu

 
Profile
Charles L. Bartow is Princeton Theological Seminary’s Carl and Helen Egner Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry. His interests include the practical theological appropriation of contemporary performance studies and rhetoric for the oral study of biblical literature, homiletical theory, practice and criticism, and presiding in liturgy. He teaches courses on biblical preaching as practical theology. He holds an M.A. from Michigan State University, a B.D. (M.Div.) from Princeton Seminary, and a Ph.D. from New York University. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he frequently preaches and teaches in East Coast churches.
 
Major Publications
Effective Speech Communication in Leading Worship (Abingdon, 1988)
The Preaching Moment, a Guide to Sermon Delivery (Kendall/Hunt, 1995)
God’s Human Speech: A Practical Theology Proclamation (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997)