ON THE COMMUNICATIVE ASPECT OF ISLAMIC PREACHING

In this article, we consider Islamic preaching as a unique communicative situation in which various participants interact and specific features of the chronotope are manifested. By Islamic preaching, we imply not only a ritual, but also a special linguistic and social tool used through speech to convey religious knowledge and values of the faith, to form ethical and moral norms in the Muslim society. In the article, we consider the types of sermons by purpose, analyze the key participants in the communicative situation such as the addresser and the addressee, their roles and features that manifest themselves in interaction with each other; we describe the chronotope in which Islamic preaching activities take place. The structure of the Islamic sermon is determined by the example of homiletic fragments of speech of English-speaking theologians, the topic of proto-textuality as an important constructive principle of religious style is touched upon. We also examined the features of the functioning of the Islamic sermon, presenting a list of its main functions. In terms of the subject matter, the translated fragments of sermons, delivered by the English-speaking theologians, are studied, and based on this, a classification of the main types of sermons is presented, a wide range of which cover issues from spiritual guidance to social and political issues. Keywords: Islamic preaching/sermon, Islamic discourse, communicative situation, chronotope, addresser, addressee, structure of the sermon.