Persuasion and Conversion : Essays on Religion, Politics, and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England (Studies in the History of Christian Thought)

Kirby, Torrance

Brill Academic Pub（2013/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 229 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004253643
• DDC分類 274.206

Full Description

A popular 'culture of persuasion' fostered by the Reformation promoted a displacement of late-medieval 'sacramental culture' through argument, textual interpretation, exhortation, reasoned opinion, and moral advice in both pulpit and press. This collection of essays addresses the dynamic interaction of religion and politics in the emerging 'public sphere'.

Contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

1 Religion and propaganda: Thomas Cromwell's use of Antoine de Marcourt's Livre des Marchans in 1534

2 Public forum and forum of the conscience: John Calvin's theological groundwork of the modern public sphere

3 Lay Supremacy: Tudor reform of the Canon Law of England

4 Public preaching: Paul's Cross and the culture of persuasion

5 Public conversion: Richard Smyth's 'Retractation Sermon' at Paul's Cross, 1547

6 Politics of hermeneutics: John Jewel's 'Challenge Sermon' at Paul's Cross, 1559

7 Politics of religious identity: John Foxe, Richard Hooker and the nascent public sphere

8 Politics of persuasion: 'public' and 'private' in Hooker's apologetics

9 Public religion and public worship: the hermeneutics of Common Prayer
Bibliography
Index