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DEFINITION
To form a better basis for understanding, in this thesis, “rhetoric,” which is the most basic and important term, needs to be defined.
In its meaning, the word “rhetoric”35has attained a considerably negative connotation in contemporary contexts.36 The Greek rhema, which means “a word” and rhetor, which means “a teacher of speech” stem from the Greek verb eiro, which means, “I say.” Rhetoric comes from the Greek term rhetorike, which is elliptical for rhetorike techne, meaning “the art of the rhetor or orator” (Corbett 1971:31).
According to James A. Herrick (Herrick 1998:2), “the clichés ‘That’s mere rhetoric’ and ‘That’s just empty rhetoric’ are used as insults.”38 In general, “rhetoric” is synonymous with “insincere or grandiloquent language39 used to deceive or mislead an audience. Far too often it is identified with talking without action, empty words and talk with no substance, or flowery, ornamental speech.
The word “rhetoric” first occurs in Plato’s Gorgias, one of the most influential discussions on rhetoric, probably written in the second decade of the fourth century B.C. Plato regards rhetoric as foul and ugly. To Corax rhetoric was “an art of persuasion, thus making it a practical art designed to elicit responses from hearers…” (Thonssen and Baird 1948:35).
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
1.1 Posing the Problem
1.1.1 Crisis in the Church toda
1.1.2 Two Main Causes for this Problem
1.1.3 The Strategies for Effective Preaching
1.2 Problem Formulation
1.3 Study Goals
1.4 Delimitation
1.5 Definition
1.6 Hypothesi
1.7 Method of Researc
1.8 Conclusion
CHAPTER 2 Historical Review of Rhetoric
2.1 The Predominance of Rhetoric in Greco-Roman Society
2.1.1 The Development of Greco-Roman Rhetori
2.1.1.1 Plato
2.1.1.2 Aristotle
2.1.1.3 Cicero
2.1.1.4 Quintilia
2.2 The Use of Rhetoric in Christian Preachin
2.2.1 The Application of Rhetoric to Preaching
2.2.1.1 Chrysostom
2.2.1.2 Augustine
2.2.1.3 Modern Preachers
2.3 The Relationship between Rhetoric and Preaching
2.3.1 Communication and Persuasion
2.3.2 Rhetoric and Persuasion
2.3.3 Preaching as an Art of Persuasive Communication
2.3.4 Preaching as an Art of Rhetoric
2.4 Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 Basic Conceptual Review of Rhetoric Criticism
3.1 Rhetorical Situation
3.1.1 Exigence
3.1.2 Audience
3.2 Rhetorical Species
3.3 Classic Cannons
3.4 Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 Foundations for Rhetorical Analysis of Galatians
4.1 Rhetorical Situation of Galatians
4.2 Legitimacy of the analysis of Galatians as rhetoric
4.3 Legitimacy of the Analysis of Galatians as Preaching
4.4 Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 Rhetorical Analysis of Two Modes of Persuasion in Galatians
CHAPTER 6 Implications for Effective Preaching
CHAPTER 7 An Adjusted Theory for Praxis: Paul’s Four Strategies’ Contributions to The Preacher for Effective Preaching
CHAPTER 8 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
