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The Creative Power of Metaphor. A Rhetorical Homiletics.
Rodney Kennedy
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Hardback. Analyses the symbiotic relationship between rhetoric and homiletics, proposing a metaphor interface between the two disciplines. Contemporary research on metaphor in philosophy, rhetoric, sociology and theology is employed to produce a rhetorical/metaphorical homiletics. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; HRAB; HRCX4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
This study analyzes the symbiotic relationship between rhetoric and homiletics. The proposed interface between the two disciplines is metaphor. Contemporary research on metaphor in philosophy, rhetoric, sociology, and theology is employed to produce a rhetorical/metaphorical homiletics. This work attempts to return rhetoric to its traditional position as a conversation partner with homiletics. The author argues that a metaphorical, rhetorical approach to preaching is more faithful to the scriptures than the classical dependence on the canons of formal logic. The use of metaphor allows the preacher to choose the imagination over the rational paradigm as he/she creates ... Read more
This study analyzes the symbiotic relationship between rhetoric and homiletics. The proposed interface between the two disciplines is metaphor. Contemporary research on metaphor in philosophy, rhetoric, sociology, and theology is employed to produce a rhetorical/metaphorical homiletics. This work attempts to return rhetoric to its traditional position as a conversation partner with homiletics. The author argues that a metaphorical, rhetorical approach to preaching is more faithful to the scriptures than the classical dependence on the canons of formal logic. The use of metaphor allows the preacher to choose the imagination over the rational paradigm as he/she creates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819188458
SKU
V9780819188458
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About Rodney Kennedy
Rodney Kennedy is Senior Minister at Clinton United and Clear Creek United Methodist Churches in Lake Charles, Louisiana and teaches in the Communication Department at Southeastern Louisiana University.
Reviews for The Creative Power of Metaphor. A Rhetorical Homiletics.
Kennedy demonstrates metaphor as a component of a rhetoric of folly that can create a changed world view and open avenues for multiple meanings of texts.
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Kennedy demonstrates metaphor as a component of a rhetoric of folly that can create a changed world view and open avenues for multiple meanings of texts.
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Kennedy demonstrates metaphor as a component of a rhetoric of folly that can create a changed world view and open avenues for multiple meanings of texts.
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