Appraisal, preaching and the religious other: The rhetorical appropriation of interreligious positions in sermonic discourse
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

This paper explores preachers' deployment of Appraisal (affect, judgement, appreciation, and dialogic engagement) in preaching on interreligious themes. Adopting a comparative discourse analysis, the paper investigates two American sermons representing diametrically opposed theological responses to other religions, a pluralist sermon in the Unitarian Universalist tradition and an exclusivist sermon in the biblical-evangelical tradition. An analysis of the two preachers' Appraisal choices reveals two distinct Appraisal profiles. A discussion is then offered demonstrating how Appraisal is conducive to the appropriation and conservation of a specific interreligious persona during preaching.

Exclusivism

Interreligious dialogue

Pluralism

Appraisal

Language

Preaching

Författare

Hans Malmström

Chalmers, Vetenskapens kommunikation och lärande, Fackspråk och kommunikation

International Journal of Practical Theology

1430-6921 (ISSN) 16129768 (eISSN)

Vol. 22 1 40-57

Ämneskategorier

Religionsvetenskap

Filosofi

Religionshistoria

DOI

10.1515/ijpt-2017-0016

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2019-10-28