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The art of hearing : English preachers and their audiences, 1590-1640 / Arnold Hunt.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) BV4208.G7 H868 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, Arnold.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in early modern British history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Preaching--England--History--16th century.
- Preaching.
- Preaching--England--History--17th century.
- History.
- England--Church history--16th century.
- England.
- Church history.
- England--Church history--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 414 pages : facsimiles ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- Throughout Christian history the sermon has been a key means of transmitting religious ideas. This book assesses 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.
- Contents:
- The theory of preaching
- The art of hearing
- From pulpit to print
- Reconstructing the audience
- Preaching and the people
- Reading sermons politically : criticism and controversy
- Reading sermons theologically : predestination and the pulpit.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page (403-405) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780521896764
- 0521896762
- OCLC:
- 449827561
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