The art of hearing
Subtitle: English preachers and their audiences, 1590-1640
By: Arnold Hunt
Series: Cambridge studies in early modern British history; Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780521896764
Subjects: History; Preaching; Church history
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. (403-405) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The theory of preaching; title: The art of hearing; title: From pulpit to print; title: Reconstructing the audience; title: Preaching and the people; title: Reading sermons politically: criticism and controversy; title: Reading sermons theologically: predestination and the pulpit.