John S. McClure
Charles G. Finney Professor of Homiletics
Chair of the Graduate Department of Religion
Fellow in the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture

B.A., University of the South (1974)
M.Phil. University of Glasgow (1976)
M.Div. Fuller Theological Seminary (1979)
Ph.D. Princeton Theological Seminary (1983)

Email: john.s.mcclure@vanderbilt.edu

Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)

Professor McClure's special interests are in the relationships between philosophy, theology, ethics, popular culture and preaching. His publications include The Four Codes of Preaching: Rhetorical Strategies (Fortress, 1991, Westminster John Knox Press, 2003), The Roundtable Pulpit: Where Preaching and Leadership Meet (Abingdon, 1995), Telling the Truth: Preaching About Sexual and Domestic Violence (co-edited with Nancy Ramsay, United Church Press, 1998), Best Advice for Preaching (Fortress, 1998), Other-wise Preaching: A Postmodern Ethic for Homiletics (Chalice, 2001) and Claiming Theology in the Pulpit (co-authored with Burton Z Cooper, Westminster John Knox Press, 2003). His most recent book is Preaching Words: 144 Key Terms in Homiletics (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007). He is a past president (2003) of the Academy of Homiletics, and is the Editor of the Academy's journal Homiletic. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), he served as the pastor of Ensley Highland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama, and taught preaching for 17 years at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary before arriving at Vanderbilt in 2003.