Audience analysis and adaptation: responding to the challenge of preaching in multiple settings

William H Reist

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Audience analysis and adaptation: responding to the challenge of preaching in multiple settings

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William H Reist. Audience Analysis and Adaptation: Responding to the Challenge of Preaching In Multiple Settings. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4d87c4a4-bef2-4df5-b778-0300857a3e8a.

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W. H. Reist. Audience analysis and adaptation: responding to the challenge of preaching in multiple settings. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4d87c4a4-bef2-4df5-b778-0300857a3e8a

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William H Reist. Audience Analysis and Adaptation: Responding to the Challenge of Preaching In Multiple Settings. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/4d87c4a4-bef2-4df5-b778-0300857a3e8a.

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William H Reist

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This study explores whether, and if so, how, preachers should alter the sermon when speaking from the same text in multiple settings. The research examines the difference between accommodation and adaptation, analyzes the extent to which the preacher proclaims the word of God and/or persuades the congregation to respond to the word, and explores the rhetorical strategies of identification and argumentation. The project describes interviews with ten preachers to identify ways they prepare and deliver the sermon in multiple settings from the same text. The study found that preachers do alter the sermon by adapting rather than accommodating to the audience, and have responsibility to both proclaim and persuade.

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