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Persuasion and Conversion : Essays on Religion, Politics, and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kirby, W. J. Torrance
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brill, 2013.
Colección:Studies in the history of christian traditions general ; volume 166
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Persuasion and Conversion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; 1. Religion and Propaganda: Thomas Cromwell's use of Antoine de Marcourt's Livre des Marchans; 2. Public Forum and Forum of the Conscience: John Calvin's 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. Political Hermeneutics: John Jewel's 'Challenge Sermon' at Paul's Cross, 1559.
  • 7. Politics of Religious Identity: John Foxe, Richard Hooker and the Nascent Public Sphere8. Politics of Persuasion: 'Public' and 'Private' in Hooker's Apologetics; 9. Public Religion and Public Worship: The Hermeneutics of Common Prayer; Bibliography; Index.