Preaching, Sermon and Cultural Change in the Long Eighteenth Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

The fourth volume in Brill’s series A New History of the Sermon, this study examines the sermon during the ‘long’ eighteenth century – the era between Bossuet and Schleiermacher. It offers a broad outline of the history of preaching in this period, an overview of the research over the past three decades, and suggestions for new approaches to the subject. Thematically, the book includes chapters on such topics as the theology of the eighteenth-century sermon, preachers' instructions, the sermon in daily life, delivery as a means of reaching congregations, and audience reception of preaching. It also pays ample attention to the three important religious and intellectual currents of the long eighteenth century: (Neo-)classicism, Pietism, and the Enlightenment.Contributors are Alexander Bitzel, Françoise Deconinck-Brossard, O.C. Edwards, Joris van Eijnatten, Sabine Holtz, Pasi Ihalainen, Herman Roodenburg, Jonathan Strom, and Thomas Worcester

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-12-23
Mått:160 x 240 x 27 mm
Vikt:886 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New History of the Sermon
Antal sidor:416
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004171558

Utforska kategorier

Historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Joris van Eijnatten, Ph.D. (1993) in History, is Professor of Cultural History at VU University Amsterdam. He has published extensively on topics in the intellectual and religious history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including works on Willem Bilderdijk, toleration, and media and communication.

Innehållsförteckning

Outline: Preacher, Sermon and Audience in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Bossuet to Schleiermacher (1680-1815) general approach: interdenominational + transnational Pt. I: Introduction 1 The eighteenth-century sermon as a medium of communication [approach; general context: sermon as public 'infotainment', relations with sociability, press & other media] Pt. II: Manifestations 2 Sources & Historiography [manuschripts, collections, bibliographies, l8th-C historical surveys of pulpit oratory] 3 Sermons & Daily Life [sermon as ritual; publics & audiences; effects, social control, relations with political figures (magistrates, nobles, princes)] Pt. III: Aspirations 4 The Preacher [self-image, charisma; Whitefield, Bossuet, Abraham a Sancta Clara, Tillotson; women preachers] 5 Prescriptive Literature [homiletic guidelines; Rollin, Fénelon, Mosheim, Maury; reference works, Postillen, praedicabilia, indices concionatorii, emblematic lexicons, encyclopaedias, thesauruses, anthologies of metaphors, parables, antitheses, histories] 6 Theology of the Sermon [Baroque, Pietist, Enlightened; methods (approach to bible, use of allegory & typology); analytic & synthetic (thematic) sermons; roman catholicism, calvinism, lutheranism, pietism, wolffianism; fear & consolation] Pt.IV Traditions 7 Confessional Genres [Ständepredigt, puritan sermon, 'letter sermon', prayer-day sermon (jeremiad), festive sermons, Heiligenpredigt, funeral sermon, emblematic sermon, concetto sermon, gerundianismo, court sermon] 8 Oral Traditions [story telling, use of fables, examples, folk tales, accounts of supematural beings (witches, devils, angles), farces on social ranks and domestic relationships (generally an ethnological approach)] 9 The Sermon and non-European peoples [colonies, New World; missions] Pt. V: Transformations 10 The 'Classical' Sermon [French court sermon (Bourdaloue, Massillon, Bossuet); English neoclassical 'plain style' sermon (Tillotson)] 11 Pietism & Revivalism [German, Scandinavian, Anglo-American (Methodism), Catholic (Jansenism); evangelical sermon; sentimental sermon] 12 Enlightenment, Revolution & Reform [Neology (Spalding); political sermons & nature sermons]