His theology courses included dogmatics, homiletics and catechesis. He taught pastoral theology, rhetoric, methodology, catechetics and homiletics. Augustine offers hermeneutics and homiletics in his "De doctrina christiana". Religion and Practice focuses on homiletics, liturgical studies, missiology, practical theology, and religious education. It encompasses every area of rabbinic literature&colon; exegesis, homiletics, casuistry, Kabbalah, liturgics, and literary history. The homiletics/rhetoric relationship has been a major issue in homiletic theory since the mid-20th century. Later, he began delivering a weekly lecture on homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary. Courses in this diploma include homiletics, pastoral studies, spirituality, and stewardship. At Avondale, Ford taught many classes, including public speaking, homiletics, and evangelism. He authored many Torah novellae, homiletics, and commentaries. It was here that he met Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan who taught him homiletics. His nephew John Broadus is often called "the father of homiletics" (preaching). Chapell is also an author, lecturer, and conference speaker specializing in homiletics. By listening to Chapman preach night after night, Sunday received a valuable course in homiletics. Augustine explains his homiletics in Book IV of "DDC".