(33) But it is intended to be neither narrative (34) nor
sermonic; neither is it foremost a theological tract.
204) Ontology East West Holistic Atomistic Submerged discrete collectivistic individualistic Axiology East West Harmonious Confrontational indirect direct subtle expressive adaptative dialectical consensual divisive agreeable
sermonic Epistemology East West Interconnected Reductionistic reciprocity independent we 1 hierarchical equal associative free will ascribed achieved Methodology East West Intuitive Logical subjective objective nonlinear linear ambiguous analytical ritual justificatory accommodative manipulative The outcome of communication influence or ICI may result in a point on the continuum of positive and negative orientations as illustrated in Figure 2.
The very texts of these book chapters contain no direct or indirect reference to possible Judaic significance but reconstruct immigration to the American continent allegorically, in the Calvinist spirit of the Puritan propaganda texts composed by the Pilgrim Fathers (e.g., William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation, Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana) and adapted, with more New Testament focus, in the American Evangelical
sermonic discourse of Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield (e.g., George Whitefield's "The Necessity and Benefits of Religious Society") where Jewish Torah history is replaced with Christian New Testament exceptionalist allegory and where Europe represents the Egyptian "house of bondage" and America stands for the New Canaan.
Doberstein (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1975): "Sell all that you have (not least of all some of your stock of current
sermonic literature) and buy Spurgeon (even if you have to grub through second hand bookstores)" (p.
The use of in-group linguistic choices as an identificational strategy of persuasion in Christian
sermonic discourse.
The ambient surfaces of Lorca's sea poetry, Thoreau's
sermonic declamation and the drama of the Polish text reveal that it is indeed still possible to seek and find untried combinations in the intersection of pleasant and unusual musical experiences.
His speeches are
sermonic in the best sense of the word, and his oration on the subject of grace in the wake of the Charleston shootings ranks alongside the very finest presidential addresses.
There is an unquestionably
sermonic tone to the people's voice.
[H]e must allow the novel to be a novel, that is, not try to make it a propagandizing or
sermonic instrument but rather let it speak: 1) through the metaphor of story; 2) by showing life as it truly is."--Wiebe, "Living on the Iceberg," 171-172.