The Homiletical Beat: Why All Sermons Are Narrative

by Eugene L. Lowry

Promoting the idea of sermon as narrative, Eugene Lowry's first book, The Homiletical Plot, became one of the most influential preaching books of the latter part of the 20th century. While the sermon as narrative has become conventional preaching wisdom, it is largely misunderstood. Sermons are, by definition, narratives and as such, they have plots. At the same time, the sermon is not a story. While similar in many ways, narratives and stories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426751435
• ISBN13: 9781426751431
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"