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Beautiful Theology

Signifying truth in more than words alone

Friday, May 11, 2007

Practical Exercise

Now that you’ve been thinking hard about meaning, communication, design, and so on, meander over to the U.K.’s College of Preachers site and download their PDF booklet called “What Did You Make Of Your Sermon?

Considering the use of graphic elements for communication (Magritte, McCloud, Tufte, Bechdel), the implied textual hermeneutics (Tufte, Wittgenstein, Irigaray), the pragmatics of preaching (Tufte, Wittgenstein, Irigaray), and the professor’s rantings about all of the above, plus writing, how would you evaluate this booklet as a device for preachers to improve their art?