Preaching the Inward Light
Subtitle: theory and practice of early Quaker impromptu preaching
By: Michael P. Graves.
Series: Studies in rhetoric and religion -- 9
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781602582408
Subjects: Quaker preaching -- History -- 17th century; Extemporaneous preaching -- History -- 17th century; Society of Friends -- Sermons -- History and criticism; Sermons, English -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cultural constraints on early Quaker preaching; title: Presuppositions of early Quaker preaching; title: The development of seventeenth-century Quaker impromptu preaching theory; title: Robert Barclay and the grounding of early Quaker homiletic theory; title: The flowering of early Quaker homiletic theory; title: Thematic characteristics of Quaker sermons, 1671-1700; title: Five key metaphors in early Quaker sermons, 1671-1700; title: Other salient characteristics of Quaker sermons, 1671-1700; title: George Fox faces the Yearly Meeting in 1674; title: Stephen Crisp and the bedrock of early Quakerism; title: "This is my testimony unto you from the life of God"; title: William Penn preaches an impromptu funeral sermon.