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

Informationen zum Autor Arnold Hunt is Curator of Manuscripts at The British Library. He was the co-editor of The Book Trade and its Customers 1450–1900: Historical Essays (1997). Klappentext Assesses the effectiveness of the sermon as a key means of transmitting religious ideas. Zusammenfassung Throughout Christian history! the sermon has been a key means of transmitting religious ideas. This book was the first to assess the effectiveness of the sermon as a means of spreading Protestant ideas in early modern England by focusing on how sermons were interpreted by their audience. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Arnold Hunt, Arnold (British Library Hunt, Hunt Arnold
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521896764
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89676-4
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; England, European History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Sermons / Christian, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Christianity, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, C 1600 To C 1700, Sermons, Christian sermons