Delivering the Word
Preaching and Exegesis in the Western Christian Tradition
Biblical texts have been used consistently in sermons throughout Christian history. Preachers have transformed the texts into an aural experience, using them to evangelize, educate, edify, exhort, or even terrify, their audiences. Sermons have enabled Scripture to be communicated to people from a wide range of social backgrounds. 'Delivering the Word' examines the power of preaching and its reception across two millennia of homilies: from St Paul, Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine and Hildegard of Bingen to Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Chris Brain. In its exploration of the impact of the sermon on the int…
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Weitere Autoren: Sandwell, Isabella
- ISBN: 978-1-317-54399-2
- EAN: 9781317543992
- Produktnummer: 17043306
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'635 KB
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William John Lyons is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Interpretation in the Department of Religion and Theology at the University of Bristol. Isabella Sandwell is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Bristol.
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