Art of Listening in the Early Church

The sense of hearing was particularly important in the ancient world when the majority of people were illiterate. Rhetoric has been given attention in this context, but listening has been virtually ignored. This book deals with the practical and theological issues which listening to an incorporeal, unknowable God raised for early Christians.

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction: Voices of the Page


• First Impromptu: The Other Side of Language or listening to the voice of Being


• I: An Auditory Culture


• 1: Listening in Cultural Context


• 2: Rhetoric and the Art of Listening


• 3: Images and Echoes


• II: Theme and Variations


• 4: Catechesis: Sounding the Theme


• Second Impromptu : Playing ball: the art of reception


• 5: Preaching: Variations on the Theme


• Third Impromptu: Singing the blues


• III: From Listening to Hearing


• 6: The Polyphony of Prayer


• 7: From the bottom to the bottomless


• Bibliography

Summary

The sense of hearing was particularly important in the ancient world when the majority of people were illiterate. Rhetoric has been given attention in this context, but listening has been virtually ignored. This book deals with the practical and theological issues which listening to an incorporeal, unknowable God raised for early Christians.

Additional text

A groundbreaking book on listening in the early Church ... Carol Harrison is to be commended for mobilizing her impressive knowledge to redress the lack of scholarship on the practices and effects of listening in early Christianity.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Harrison
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.07.2013
• EAN: 9780199641437
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964143-7
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, The Early Church