Questions for Conversational Preaching

This essay considers the role of questions within sermons, in dialogue, with efforts to develop an ethos of conversational preaching. Questions reveal much about who preachers are, how they relate to listeners, and how they envision the homiletical situation. And in so doing, they continue to highli...

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Published inInterpretation (Richmond) Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 134 - 145
Main Author Voelz, Richard W.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2021
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Rhetoric
Sermons
Theology
Conversational Preaching
Homiletics
Questions
Rhetoric
Preaching
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Summary:This essay considers the role of questions within sermons, in dialogue, with efforts to develop an ethos of conversational preaching. Questions reveal much about who preachers are, how they relate to listeners, and how they envision the homiletical situation. And in so doing, they continue to highlight the relationship between theology and rhetoric in preaching.
ISSN:0020-9643
2159-340X
DOI:10.1177/0020964320982746