homiletics

Art of preaching

Homiletics is the art of preaching—the study and practice of composing and delivering sermons.

Seminary students take courses in homiletics to learn how to craft religious messages that instruct and persuade congregations.

The term covers everything from scriptural interpretation to rhetorical technique: His homiletics professor stressed the importance of a strong opening.

doctrinal

dogmatics

Study of church doctrine

ChristologyDoctrine of the Messiah's nature
eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
ecclesiologyStudy of church theology

apologetics · theodicy · predestination · angelology · demonology · sanctification · atonement · incarnation

Opposites

formality of religious discourse

homileticscasual conversation

Informal spoken exchange

small talk · idle chatter · gossip · banter

sacred vs. secular communication

homileticspolitical oratory

Public persuasion by officials

commercial advertising · stand-up comedy · sales pitch

monologue vs. dialogue

homileticsdialogue

Spoken exchange between parties

conversation · discussion · debate · Socratic method · interlocution

Family

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