Direction of Research in Polish Homiletics on the Basis of the Content of The Homiletic Bibliography Cover Image

Kierunki badań w homiletyce polskiej na podstawie zawartości Bibliografii homiletycznej
Direction of Research in Polish Homiletics on the Basis of the Content of The Homiletic Bibliography

Author(s): Leszek Szewczyk
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: bibliography; research; homiletics

Summary/Abstract: A bibliographic database allows every researcher to locate desired books, dissertations, articles, summaries and reviews. It is a valuable source of information on publications in a field of a given scientific discipline. It applies in particular to the constantly updated electronic bibliographies. The aim of this paper is to present directions of research in Polish homiletics based on the electronic content of The Homiletic Bibliography. In 2006–2015 The Homiletic Bibliography expanded by 800 added items on homiletic issues. In the latest publications Polish homilists meet many demands formulated in relation to them. They point at a priority role of a homily in preaching the Word of God and emphasise a mistagogic dimension of a homily. Issues related to a formal homiletics are widely discussed, with a special emphasis on the rhetorical dimension of preaching

  • Issue Year: 21/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 45-62
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish
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