Knowing the Context: Frames, Tools, and Signs for Preaching

by James R. Nieman

Book Overview

While everyone might affirm that preaching needs to engage its listeners deeply, the initial move for novice preachers is to think this can be attained by livelier content and delivery of the sermon. All too quickly, however, one learns that there are many factors beyond what a preacher says and how she or he may say it that affect whether proclamation can actually be heard. Effective preaching requires the complex work of knowing the context in which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800662628
• ISBN13: 9780800662622
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.5"