Synopses & Reviews
Preaching, says professor and author O. Wesley Allen Jr., should be considered as a form of conversation. The church, after all, is a community of conversation that exists in part to interpret God's purposes for the world and to participate in those purposes. The idea of the sermon as a conversation, then, is not simply a style or form of preaching but an integral expression of the nature and purpose of the church.
About the Author
O. Wesley Allen Jr. is Associate Professor of Homiletics at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Kentucky. An ordained minister in the United Methodist Church, he is the author of several books.