Contemporary directions of Polish homiletics in the twenty first century

Abstract

Recently there has been a systematic development of Polish homiletics. Numerous academic works are fully developed. The purpose of this paper is to present major directions of research carried out by Polish homiletics scholars in the twenty first century. The latest publications Polish homiletics scholars put forward many postulates aiming at renewal of both the theory and practice of preaching. They point at the priority role of a homily in preaching the word of God and emphasise a mystagogical dimension of a homily. Issues related to formal homiletics, especially a rhetorical dimension of preaching, are discussed in detail. Numerous works point at the evangelisation function of preaching. Issues related to teaching homiletics at universities and seminaries are discussed as well.