THE HOMILY IN THE EYES OF THE YOUTH: THE PROBLEM OF SYMMETRY.A SOCIOLOGICAL AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS
THE HOMILY IN THE EYES OF THE YOUTH: THE PROBLEM OF SYMMETRY.A SOCIOLOGICAL AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the category of symmetry. As a linguistic category, it is mainly studied in the contextof‘linguisticpoliteness.’Intextualstudies,symmetrydefinestheshapeofanutterance.Intheprocessof communication,symmetryhelpspreventdifferencesbetweenthesubjectsregardingtheirprofessionalstatus, different social position or knowledge levels. The sociological studies (survey data from ca. 1 400 participants) show the urgent need to apply symmetry in homiletics as a response to various shortcomings of the process of exchanging thoughts during liturgy. Symmetry in sermons should be achieved in a twofold manner: 1. by maintaining the dialogical structure of the sermon; 2. by precisely defining the questio of the homily.

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