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homiletics

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hom·i·let·ics  (hm-ltks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The art of preaching.
homiletics
the art of sacred speaking; preaching. — homiletic, homiletical adj.
See also: Religion
the art of sacred speaking; preaching. — homiletic, homiletical, adj.
See also: Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices
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Noun1.homiletics - the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies
theology, divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
2.homiletics - the art of preaching
artistry, prowess, art - a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"
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Jana Childers [Chalice, 2004]), "leading scholars in the field of homiletics, all of them powerful preachers," describe the purposes of preaching in North America in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
The purposes of preaching by Satterlee, Craig A. / Currents in Theology and Mission
Chris Chatteris, SJ, teaches homiletics and communication at St.
Report from South Africa: sex, tribalism & the race for president by Chatteris, Chris / Commonweal
Anselm College in Manchester, New Hamspire, and editor of Connections, a newsletter of preaching and homiletics.
Drawing on faith: a friend's scribbled crosses illustrate the ... by Cormier, Jay / U.S. Catholic
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