Persuasion and Conversion - Essays on Religion, Politics, and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England

A popular 'culture of persuasion' fostered by the Reformation promoted a displacement of late-medieval 'sacramental culture' through argument, textual interpretation, exhortation, reasoned opinion, and moral advice in both pulpit and press. This collection of essays addresses the dynamic interaction of religion and politics in the emerging 'public sphere'.

About the author

Torrance Kirby, DPhil (1988) in Modern History, Christ Church, University of Oxford, is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Centre for Research on Religion at McGill University. He has published extensively on the thought of Richard Hooker and recently edited A Companion to Richard Hooker (Brill, 2008).

Product details

• Authors: Torrance Kirby
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2013
• EAN: 9789004253643
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25364-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 507 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chri
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity