The Seminary Student Writes

by Deborah Core

The Seminary Student Writes offers practical guidance for beginning seminary students who feel overwhelmed and underprepared to write the number and quality of papers their courses require. Core addresses such practical matters as choosing and researching a topic, footnotes, and bibliography. Also included are sample papers in MLA and Chicago styles and an overview of grammar and usage.

Genres: Writing, Religion

130 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2000

Reviews

[Mark Youngkin]

I was hoping that this book would add a significant dimension to my teaching of composition at a Christian college, but it has not. It is not very much about writing about the things of God at all, and seems to be aimed instead at people who are preparing to enter into college writing for the first time. There's very little here about the distinctive aspects of working with Scripture, commentaries and the like. It would take very little editing to make it about graduate work in any other field of study, and that's just not what I was looking for.

[Mark Youngkin]

I was hoping that this book would add a significant dimension to my teaching of composition at a Christian college, but it has not. It is not very much about writing about the things of God at all, and seems to be aimed instead at people who are preparing to enter into college writing for the first time. There's very little here about the distinctive aspects of working with Scripture, commentaries and the like. It would take very little editing to make it about graduate work in any other field of study, and that's just not what I was looking for.

[Monica]

Very basic, and I should have read it three semesters ago when I bought it, now it's just basically review. But if you are headed into Seminary, esp after being away from school for a wile, I would recommend it.

[Robert Murphy]

This book has a very promising beginning and then peters out. The chapters are
Why write?
Beginning and Beyond
Reading to Write
Seminary Research Papers
A Brief Manual of Usage
Using Inclusive Language
Writing Essay Exams
The left-leaning bias is clear throughout, but not so bad that one cannot overlook it. The philosophical introduction - about how to read and write - is great, and would be worth reading on their own. But starting with "Seminary Research Papers", it becomes pedantic, dated, and abecedarian. I would counseling stopping on page 46.

[Noemi]

Ok book covering the basics of formatting, researching, and planning research papers in seminary.

[Hakan Gülerce]

easy to read a gread handbook. can be found online

[Trey Kennedy]

Not a bad book on this subject. I’ve read better.