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Who Is Preaching?

Author(s): Zoltán Literáty
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: preacher;personality;ethos;

Summary/Abstract: Theoretically speaking, in the three-part basic model of communication – speaker,speech, and listener – the speaker is responsible for only 1/3 of the effective communicative process. But in the practice of preaching, the role of the preacher’s personality seems to be more crucial than this ratio. Therefore, “who is preaching” is a very important question to pose from both the viewpoint of theology and the viewpoint of empiric research. There is a real tension between these viewpoints. According to theology, the message does not depend on the personality of the preacher, yet human experience contradicts this. This study aims to present what history, the Bible, the psychology, and the praxis say about the personality of the preacher.

  • Issue Year: 106/2013
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 486-499
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian