Ordering ideas or ordering experience? E.L. Lowry’s homiletical plot structure – an exploration and evaluation
In die Skriflig
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Ordering ideas or ordering experience? E.L. Lowry’s homiletical plot structure – an exploration and evaluation | |
| Creator | Venter, C. J.H. | |
| Description | In this article E.L. Lowry’s homiletical theory is explored and investigated. The basis of his theory is that the view that a sermon is structured according to the ordering of ideas, arranged under an enforced extra-textual theme (idea), implies an outdated approach. He argues that instead of ideas experience should rather be ordered in a (new) homiletical theory in which the hearer of a sermon plays a prominent part. In this regard Lowry develops a profile of a sermon containing a narrative plot. In this suggested plot Lowry discerns five sequential stages: upsetting the equilibrium, analysing the discrepancy, disclosing the clue to a possible resolution, experiencing the gospel and anticipating the consequences. From this perspective he also suggests guidelines for preparing a sermon regarding the following: the form and focus of the sermon, the way in which an outline for the plot is produced and the goal of a sermon. Lastly he also directs attention to creativity in sermon-making. In the concluding section of the article Lowry’s homiletical theory is evaluated critically. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2007-07-27 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ids.v41i1.293 | |
| Source | In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi; Vol 41, No 1 (2007); 1-22 2305-0853 1018-6441 | |
| Language | eng | |
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