Concise History of Preaching

Name: Concise History of Preaching
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ISBN: 9780687093427

ISBN-10: 0687093422

ISBN-13: 9780687093427

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Authors: Paul Scott Wilson

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From the apostle Paul, Origen, and Chrysostom through Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Wesley to Harry Emerson Fosdick, James S. Stewart, and Martin Luther King, Jr., this volume traces the history of preaching by focusing on the work of 20 key Christian preachers. Wilson analyzes how preachers through history have structured their sermons and shows how preaching today embodies the theological ideas of an era.

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List price: $23.99
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 11/1/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction



The Early Church: The Authority of the Word as Sound


The Proclaimed Word Taking Shape



The Pre-gospels and Paul: The New Testament as Preaching



Perpetua (c. 181-203): Martyrdom as the Highest Form of Witness


The East: A Word Gives Varieties of Meaning



Origen (185-254): Alexandria and Allegory



Chrysostom (c. 347-407): Antioch and the Literal



Romanos the Melodist (c. 490-c.560): Constantinople and Poetry


The West: The Controlled Word



Cyprian (200-258): Carthage and Authoritative Exegesis



Augustine (354-430): Hippo and the Primacy of the Rule of Love



The Middle Ages: The Authority of the Word as Private Text



Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): The Word of the Spirit



Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274): The Word of Reason



The Reformations: The Authority of the Common Text



Martin Luther (1483-1546): Lutheran Protestant - the Authority of Law and Gospel



John Calvin (1509-1564): Reformed Protestant - the Authority of Correction



John Donne (1572-1631): Anglican Protestant - the Authority of Metaphysical Hope



Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787): Redemptorist - the Authority of the Terrible Moral



Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): Congregational - the Authority of Experience, and the Promised Land



John Wesley (1703-1791): Methodist - the Authority of Law and Gospel



Horace Bushnell (1802-1876): Congregational - the Authority of Imagination



Catherine Mumford Booth (1829-1890): Salvation Army - the Authority of "Aggression"



Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969): Baptist - the Authority of Pastoral Counseling



James S. Stewart (1896-1990): Presbyterian - the Authority of Evangelical Tradition



Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968): Black Baptist - the Authority of the Oppressed


Conclusion


Notes