The Sermon - by Eugene L Lowry (Paperback)

About the Book

An introductory-level textbook from one of the best-known preachers in the country, The Sermon: Dancing the Edge of Mystery teaches students about the revolution in homiletics during the past 25 years and helps them understand the sermon in terms of the movement of time, place, shape, space, conflict, complication, and the "sudden shift" of the text.

Book Synopsis

An introductory-level textbook from one of the best-known preachers in the country, The Sermon: Dancing the Edge of Mystery offers preachers a well-shaped, imaginative, and delightfully spry overview of the sermon. The student learns of the revolution in homiletics of the past 25 years and is helped to understand the sermon in terms of the movement of time, place, shape, space, conflict, complication, and the "sudden shift" of the text. For students new to preaching, these dynamic movements are summed up in a ten-step process that moves speaker from preparation to presentation.

From the Back Cover

An introductory-level textbook from one of the best-known professors of preaching in the U.S., The Sermon: Dancing the Edge of Mystery offers a well-shaped, imaginative, and delightfully spry overview of the sermon. The reader will learn here of the revolution in homiletics of the past 25 years, and will be helped to understand the sermon in terms of the movement of time, place, shape, space, conflict, complication, and the "sudden shift" of the text.