Homiletics

Homiletics
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Academic discipline applying rhetoric to public preaching

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Homiletics

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Homiletics is an academic discipline in religious studies. It applies general principles of rhetoric to the specific art of public preaching. The term derives from Ancient Greek homilētikós, related to homilos, meaning an assembled crowd or throng. A person who practices or studies homiletics may be called a homilist or a preacher.

Field
Religious studies
Focus
Application of rhetoric to public preaching
Practitioner
Homilist or preacher
Sources and credits

Sources and credits

Article
Homiletics (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata
Q1038158
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Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
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By Carl Bloch. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Carl Bloch, https://freechristimages.com/bible-stories/sermon-on-the-mount.html and Carl Bloch, p. 313, ISBN 9788798746591
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