Contents:
1. Introduction
2. A World of Orality: Oral vs. Literate Learning Styles – Literacy and Illiteracy – Orality in India – Oral Stories in Peasant Cultures
Section One: Theoretical Foundations
3. Orality in the Bible: Transmission of Biblical Knowledge through Storytelling – Jesus’ Example – Paul
4. The Development of Biblical Storytelling: Chronological Bible Storying – Where Next? – Two Kinds of Thinking
5. Stories and Learning: The Educational Role of Stories – Literacy and Orality – A Church-Compatible Training Model – The Affective Aspect of Learning – The Power of Discovery – The Value of Example – Praxis – The Importance of Transfer
6. Theological Foundations of Storytelling: A Pentecostal Theology – An Experiential Christianity – Whose Theology? – Felt Needs
Section Two: Training Storytellers
7. The Storytellers: A Pilot Project – The Oral Bible Project – A Systems Model of Training – Description of the Participants
8. The Story Training: A Standard Day – Accountability – Learning to Tell the Stories – Story Scripting – Performing the Story – Story-songs
9. The Product: The Biculture Learning Model – The Adult Education Component
Section Three: Findings from the Research
10. Outcomes that Emerged from the Program: Verbatim Reports from the Participants – Field Leaders’ Questionnaire – Comprehensive Examination
11. Case Studies: Felt Needs Leading to Conversion – Transformed Lives
12. Conclusion: The Oral Bible Project – A Look Back – A Look to the Future – Areas for Further Research (Congregational Research; Ethnomusicology) – Issues to be Resolved (An Oral Theology; Institutional Schooling or the Oral Bible Model?

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.