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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Through the Sermon
Author(s) -
Monson Glenn L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.0012-2033.2004.00222.x
Subject(s) - sermon , humility , conviction , meaning (existential) , task (project management) , aesthetics , event (particle physics) , consciousness , philosophy , literature , art , psychology , epistemology , theology , law , political science , physics , management , quantum mechanics , economics
: The purpose of this article is to give thought to the listener as co‐creator of meaning with the preacher during the sermon event. The underlying conviction of the author is that preachers and listeners have always been co‐creators but have not been recognized as such. The author sketches the history of the task of preaching as a movement from getting something said to getting something heard , and suggests that, building on this, preaching can now be viewed as getting something created . Finally, the qualities of humility, imagination , and a “catalytic consciousness” are seen as essential for any preacher willing to take up this task.