The Word of God and the Words of the Preacher

This article reports on two projects which focused primarily on two questions How does the laity understand the relationship between the words of the preacher and the Word of God? And what criteria do laity use in judging if the Word of God has been proclaimed by the preacher? Two respondent groups...

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Auteurs: Avery, William O. (Auteur) ; Gobbel, A. Roger (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer 1980
Dans: Review of religious research
Année: 1980, Volume: 22, Numéro: 1, Pages: 41-53
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Résumé:This article reports on two projects which focused primarily on two questions How does the laity understand the relationship between the words of the preacher and the Word of God? And what criteria do laity use in judging if the Word of God has been proclaimed by the preacher? Two respondent groups totaled 81 persons, members of the Lutheran Church in America. Results indicate that the laity closely identify the Word of God with the Bible. Sermons containing overt and explicit biblical material are judged to be a proclamation of the Word of God. Also, the interpersonal relationship between clergy and laity was a major determining factor in judging sermons as a proclamation of the Word, frequently regardless of content of sermons. Where there were differences between clergy and laity concerning the Bible and matters of the Faith, there was a tendency for laity to rely on some unspecified individualistic, privatistic criterion.
ISSN:2211-4866
Contient:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3510483