Believing in preaching : what listeners hear in sermons / Mary Alice Mulligan ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: St. Louis, Mo. : Chalice Press, 2005.Description: viii, 216 p. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0827205023 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780827205023
- 251 22
- BV4211.3 .B45 2005
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| Knox | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Main | PVA Bel (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
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1. How do these listeners understand the purposes of preaching? -- 2. The role and authority of scripture in preaching -- 3. Embodiment of the sermon -- 4. Listener's relationship with the preacher -- 5. Controversy and challenge in the preaching moment -- 6. Roles of feeling in preaching -- 7. How preaching shapes the faith community -- 8. What about God? -- 9. Listeners respond to preaching in diverse ways -- 10. Preaching and pluralism in the congregation -- App. Charts to help preachers take account of diverse clusters.
"Believing in Preaching reveals the diverse ways that congregations listen to sermons. Interview excerpts from an extensive study and homileticians' analyses help preachers to see how sermons affect the faith of their congregations and how they can use preaching to shape congregations' understandings."--BOOK JACKET.
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