The Art of Hearing: English Preachers and Their Audiences, 1590-1640

ISBN-13: 9780521896764 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 424 str.

Arnold Hunt

Opis

Assesses the effectiveness of the sermon as a key means of transmitting religious ideas.

Recenzje

'In The Art of Hearing, Arnold Hunt provides a fascinating account of preaching in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. Hunt's book will be of value to all students of religious, cultural, and political life in early modern Britain and to anyone interested in the scholarly study of preaching.' Marty Cowan, Churchman

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The theory of preaching; 2. The art of hearing; 3. From pulpit to print; 4. Reconstructing the audience; 5. Preaching and the people; 6. Reading sermons politically: criticism and controversy; 7. Reading sermons theologically: predestination and the pulpit; Conclusion.