Florek, Marian (Częstochowskie Wydawnictwo Archidiecezjalne "Regina Poloniae", 2021)
The article presents the reception of rhetoric and the science of communication on the ground of preaching. It describes the specificity and essence of rhetoric - the ancient skill of persuasion, that is, persuasion, which for many centuries functioned as a practical and theoretical field dealing with interpersonal relations. The work puts particular emphasis on the precise definition of rhetoric; The definiens of rhetoric determines the field of its activity and distinguishes it from other linguistic expressions. The twentieth-century history of preaching is presented in a sketchy form, with relations to rhetoric and science of communication, which, as the heir to classical rhetoric, restored its due attractiveness, and showed the art of preaching to modern, human means of effective preaching.
