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Information Processing In Bible Study Groups, Darin Freeburg
Information Processing In Bible Study Groups, Darin Freeburg
Darin Freeburg
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Goals And Information Behavior In Religious Sermons, Darin Freeburg
Goals And Information Behavior In Religious Sermons, Darin Freeburg
Darin Freeburg
This study utilized Steven R. Wilson’s (1999) cognitive rules model to analyze persuasion goals in American religious sermons that address obligation situations as well as the information used to support these goals. We coded a purposive sample of thirty sermons that were given in 2013 and 2014, gathered from an extensive sermon database, for evidence of goals and information use. Qualitative content analysis of these sermons revealed rich descriptions of several types of pastors based on their use of persuasion goals in addressing each topic. Analysis supports the claim that the activation of a goal likely occurs after the selection …