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9780827205000

Listening to Listeners

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  • ISBN13:

    9780827205000

  • ISBN10:

    0827205007

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-06-01
  • Publisher: Chalice Pr
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Summary

Many preachers long to understand the dynamics of thought, feeling, and behavior at work in congregations. They use many techniques to evaluate the needs of their congregation and to sharpen their sermons, but preachers seldom give members of their congregation the opportunities to identify qualities of preaching that motivate them to engage sermons, and qualities of sermons that prompt disengagement. This book draws on one of the first large scale attempts in North America to do just that. Drawing on extensive interviews and analysis based on traditional rhetorical categories derived from Aristotle-the listener's perception of the character, personality and trustworthiness of the preacher (ethos), the appeals to reason in the content of the sermon (logos), and the role of feeling in the event of preaching (pathos)-the authors present case illustrations to help preachers listen pastorally to their own parishioners, to understand how their listeners' participation in the sermon is affected by the ethos, logos, and pathos, and how the pastor can use this understanding to preach in ways that engage listeners. Pastors are encouraged to compare and contrast their own perceptions of preaching with those expressed by their parishioners and to reflect more broadly and deeply about preaching in the preacher's own congregational setting.

Author Biography

Dale P. Andrews is Frank H. Caldwell Associate Professor of Homiletics and Associate Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Authors ix
Introduction 1(4)
1. Listening to the Heart, Mind, and Will of the Congregation 5(16)
2. "Like I'm Dancing Right There without Dancing" 21(14)
Anthony: Urban African American Male
3. "All of a Sudden, I've Got to Concentrate on the Sermon" 35(14)
Helen: Urban Caucasian Woman
4. "I Told You, It's about Relationship" 49(22)
Cassandra: Urban African American Woman
5. "It's a God Thing" 71(16)
Jim: Suburban Caucasian Male
6. "It Was like Jesus Himself Was Coming. I Kept Saying, 'It's Our Preacher"' 87(16)
Jane: Caucasian Rural Woman in a Community Church
7. "The Sermon Is the Central Point. If That's Not There, the Whole Thing Goes Down the Drain." 103(22)
A Small Group: Historic Downtown Congregation
8. Insights, Discoveries, and Things to Watch 125(24)
9. Approaches to Interviewing in the Congregation 149(16)
Epilogue 165(2)
Appendix A: Transcripts for Analysis 167(14)
Appendix B: Sample Questions for Interviewing 181(2)
Appendix C: Description of the Project 183(4)
Notes 187

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