Towards Understanding of the Practice of Proclamation: The Core Element of Russian Baptist Worship, Timofey Cheprasov, 2015

s, but also aim to be places of the furthering of theological thought. Thus, | have concluded my study with an overview of the curriculums of two major theological schools, being particularly interested in how the subject of preaching is introduced. | have highlighted that students are being taught the discipline of homiletics, with the main emphasis on biblical exegesis and rhetoric, based primarily on materials, developed by authors from an Anglo-American context, therefore lacking or neglecting the understanding of the ecclesial tradition they are coming from (or planning to minister to), which inevitably contributes to the still un-bridged chasm between the Church and the University. My concluding recommendation was for the schools to introduce deeper studies of the Baptist identity, as well as perform a shift in their approach to the theological task, which needs to be seen as a discovery, an interpretation, and the potential correction of the convictions of the church. | believe these amendments would result in a deeper understanding, and therefore, in a greater appreciation by the academic institutions of the existing convictions and practices of local churches, and, hence, make further study and development (of both the Church and the University) possible. To conclude, | can say that this thesis was the very first attempt to engage in a discussion about the current state and the future of the practice of preaching through the lens of the concept of Baptist identity, thus setting a platform for further reflection and development of the disciplines of homiletics and hermeneutics amongst Russian Baptists. Throughout my study | outlined several possible directions for further studies. 247 Bibliography Books and monographs Adam, A. K. M., Faithful Interpretation: Reading the Bible in a Postmodern Word, Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2006. Alexander, Ralph H., “Assessment of Leadership in Post-Communist Europe,” in Consultation on Theological Education and Leadership in Post-Communist Europe, Oradea Romania, 5 October 1994. Amvrosii, Archbishop, Zhivoie Slovo [Living Word], Kharkov, 1903. Andronoviene, Lina, Involuntarily Free or Voluntarily Bound: Singleness in the Baptistic Communities of Post-communist Europe. |BTS Occasional Publications Series, Vol. Il, Prague, IBTS, 2003. Applebaum, E., Gulag: Pautina Bolshogo Terrora [Gulag: The Web of Great Terror], Moscow, Moskovskaia Shkola Politicheskikh Issledovanii [Moscow School of Political Research], 2006. Aiazov, |., O Slove Bozhiem Ili Ob Istochnikakh Khristianskogo Veroucheniia (V Oblicheniie Russkikh Sectantov) [About the Word of God or About the Sources of Christian Doctrine (In Denunciation of Russian Sectarians)], St Petersburg, 1914. Bacon, E., The Gulag at War: Stalin's Forced Labour System in the Light of the Archives, N.Y., New York University Press, 1994. Bartos, Emil, Deification in Eastern Orthodo