Word: sermonizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...late night television and in the contiguous theatres on Washington St. They know the war movie formula. And when director John Wayne departs from it to throw in a little (or, more frequently, a lot of) anti-liberal propoganda, the war movie vets know they're getting a sermon. Not that they don't like the message; they probably groove on it a whole...
...keynote sermon, which was to have been given by Dr. Martin Luther King...
Traditionally, members of a congregation are a captive audience who can either doze off or walk out, but cannot talk back. Today, more and more U.S. clergymen are letting the people in the pew talk back by experimenting with "dialogue sermons" as an alternative to the pulpit monologue. One reason for this communal approach to the exposition of God's word is that today's educated congregations are unwilling to put up with authoritarian preaching that lacks the stamp of credibility. Advocates of the dialogue sermon point out that since industry, government and education have discovered the virtue...
Blowing Their Minds. The dialogue sermon has won wide popularity on campuses where, says Notre Dame's Father James Burtchaell, it is "very relevant to the whole university atmosphere of questioning." Father Burtchaell, who conducts experimental weeknight Masses in a dormitory chapel, has all but abandoned the tradition al sermon. Instead, he begins by commenting on a theme for five minutes, then opens up the floor for discussion...
...Woodland Hills Methodist Church near Los Angeles, the Rev. William E. Steel has held dialogue sermons once a month for two years. Most of his congregation likes the idea, although newcomers are shocked by the easy give-and-take of discussions. At his Episcopal church in Ignacio, Calif., Vicar Charles Gompertz occasionally stirs up dialogue by stationing a "plant" in the congregation. During a sermon, the plant may stand up and yell: "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" Says Gompertz: "It really blows their minds...