Sensitizing the Preacher for a Multi-Religious Context in the Diocese of Palayamkottai in India

Anto Peterraj

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Sensitizing the Preacher for a Multi-Religious Context in the Diocese of Palayamkottai in India

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Anto Peterraj. Sensitizing the Preacher for a Multi-religious Context In the Diocese of Palayamkottai In India. Aquinas Institute of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5014bba9-e4c0-4921-b0d0-3ef573e27af7?q=2019.

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A. Peterraj. Sensitizing the Preacher for a Multi-Religious Context in the Diocese of Palayamkottai in India. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5014bba9-e4c0-4921-b0d0-3ef573e27af7?q=2019

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Anto Peterraj. Sensitizing the Preacher for a Multi-Religious Context In the Diocese of Palayamkottai In India. Aquinas Institute of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/5014bba9-e4c0-4921-b0d0-3ef573e27af7?q=2019.

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Anto Peterraj

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Sermon preparation

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The multi-religious context in which India preaching has to adorn herself with the garb of sensitivity is the backdrop of this thesis. Against this backdrop the author proposes that a preacher can be trained to appeal to the cognitive, emotive, spiritual, and psychological aspects of the listeners for a transformed life interpreting Christian Scripture and Tradition in the multi-religious pastoral context of India in general and of the Diocese of Palayamkottai in particular. The thesis is divided into five chapters.Chapter One, after spelling out the background, the need, the process, and the scope of the study, sets the context of the Diocese of Palayamkottai with a special reference to religious pluralism in India in general and in Palayamkottai in particular. In Chapter Two, after briefly analyzing the homiletical understanding before Pope Francis in the light of General Introduction of the Roman Missal and Verbum Domini, we meet the two dialogue partners of our study from the viewpoint of effective proclamation of the Gospel and embracing different traditions with respect, viz., Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium, and Bede Griffiths’ Sannyasa.Chapter Three divides into three sections: In section one, the challenges that a preacher, a preaching, and a listener face in a multi-religious context are presented; section two proposes models (participatory, narrative sermon reflected in the life of the preacher) for a better preaching in multi-religious background, while section three will try to resolve the challenges in the light of the proposed model.In Chapter Four a sampling study is done by picking up seven preachers. Chapter Five is a practical guide that will serve as a manual for a preacher offering different models of preaching.

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