The Oxford handbook of the British sermon, 1689-1901 /
edited by Keith A. Francis and William Gibson.
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| Summary: | "The period 1689-1901 was 'the golden age' of the sermon in Britain. It was the best selling printed work and dominated the print trade until the mid-nineteenth century. Sermons were highly influential in religious and spiritual matters, but they also played important roles in elections and politics, science and ideas and campaigns for reform. Sermons touched the lives of ordinary people and formed a dominant part of their lives. Preachers attracted huge crowds and the popular demand for sermons was never higher. Sermons were also taken by missionaries and clergy across the British empire, so that preaching was integral to the process of imperialism and shaped the emerging colonies and dominions. The form that sermons took varied widely, and this enabled preaching to be adopted and shaped by every denomination, so that in this period most religious groups could lay claim to a sermon style. The pulpit naturally lent itself to controversy, and consequently sermons lay at the heart of numerous religious arguments. Drawing on the latest research by leading sermon scholars, this handbook accesses historical, theological, rhetorical, literary and linguistic studies to demonstrate the interdisciplinary strength of the field of sermon studies and to show the centrality of sermons to religious life in this period"-- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition |
| Series: | Oxford handbooks.
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| Notes: | "First published in paperback 2014"--Title page verso of paperback version. Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: xv, 662 pages ; 25 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9780198709770 (paperback) 0198709773 (paperback) |
Table of Contents:
Part I. Introductory essays.The British sermon 1689-1901 : quantities, performance and culture /William Gibson
Sermons : themes and developments /Keith A. Francis
Part II. Communities, cultures and communication.Parish preaching in the long eighteenth century /Jeffrey S. Chamberlain
Parish preachingin the Victorian era : the village sermon /Francese Knight
Preaching from the platform /Martin Hewitt
The British Quaker sermon, 1689-1901 /Michael Graves
The sermons of the eighteenth-century Evangelicals /Bob Tennant
Sermons in British Catholicism to the restoration of the hierarchy /Geoffrey Scott
Preaching in the churches of Scotland /Ann Matheson
The sermon and political controversy in Ireland, 1800-1850 /Irene Whelan
Sermons in Wales in the established church /John Morgan-Guy
Preaching in the vernacular : the Welsh sermon, 1689-1901 /D. Densil Morgan
Order and uniformity, decorum, and taste : sermons preaches at the anniversary meeting of the three choirs, 1720-1800 /Andrew Pink
Part III. Occasional sermons.The sermon, court and Parliament, 1689-1789 /Pasi Ihalainen
The defence of Georgian Britain : the anti-Jacobite sermon, 1715-1746 /James J. Caudle
Preaching, national salvation, victories, and thanksgivings : 1689-1800 /Warren Johnston
Sermons in the age of the American and French revolutions /G.M. Ditchfield
'This itching ear'd age' : visitation sermons and charges in the eighteenth century /William Gibson
Consecration sermons /Colin Haydon
The Protestant funeral sermon in England, 1688-1800 /Penny Pritchard
The Victorian funeral sermon /John Wolffe
Part IV. Controversies, and the development of ideas.Hard Labour : institutional benevolence and the development of national education /Bob Tennant
Sermons for end times : Evangelicalism, romanticism, and apocalypse in Britain /Keith A. Francis and Robert J. Surridge
Rationalism, the enlightenment, and sermons /Nigel Aston
Preaching the Oxford movement /Jeremy Morris
Sermons and the Catholic restoration /Melissa Wilkinson
Paley to Darwin : natural theology versus science in Victorian sermons /Keith A. Francis
Preaching the broad church gospel : the natal sermons of Bishop John William Colenso /Gerald Parsons
Part V. Missions and ideas of empire.From Barbarism to civility, from darkness to light : preaching empire as sacred history /Robert G. Ingram
Eighteenth-century mission sermons /Rowan Strong
The sermon in the British colonies /Joanna Cruickshank
Church of Ireland missions to Roman Catholics, c.1700-1800 /Andrew Sneddon
'Go ye therefore and teach all nations.' Evangelical and mission sermons : the Imperial period /Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Part VI. Sermons and literature.The poet-preachers /Kirstie Blair
Tradition, preaching, and the Gothic revival /Stephen Prickett
The sermon and the Victorian novel /Linda Gill
Part VII. Conclusion.Sermon studies : major issues and future directions /Keith A. Francis.
Part I. Introductory essays.The British sermon 1689-1901 : quantities, performance and culture /William Gibson
Sermons : themes and developments /Keith A. Francis
Part II. Communities, cultures and communication.Parish preaching in the long eighteenth century /Jeffrey S. Chamberlain
Parish preachingin the Victorian era : the village sermon /Francese Knight
Preaching from the platform /Martin Hewitt
The British Quaker sermon, 1689-1901 /Michael Graves
The sermons of the eighteenth-century Evangelicals /Bob Tennant
Sermons in British Catholicism to the restoration of the hierarchy /Geoffrey Scott
Preaching in the churches of Scotland /Ann Matheson
The sermon and political controversy in Ireland, 1800-1850 /Irene Whelan
Sermons in Wales in the established church /John Morgan-Guy
Preaching in the vernacular : the Welsh sermon, 1689-1901 /D. Densil Morgan
Order and uniformity, decorum, and taste : sermons preaches at the anniversary meeting of the three choirs, 1720-1800 /Andrew Pink
Part III. Occasional sermons.The sermon, court and Parliament, 1689-1789 /Pasi Ihalainen
The defence of Georgian Britain : the anti-Jacobite sermon, 1715-1746 /James J. Caudle
Preaching, national salvation, victories, and thanksgivings : 1689-1800 /Warren Johnston
Sermons in the age of the American and French revolutions /G.M. Ditchfield
'This itching ear'd age' : visitation sermons and charges in the eighteenth century /William Gibson
Consecration sermons /Colin Haydon
The Protestant funeral sermon in England, 1688-1800 /Penny Pritchard
The Victorian funeral sermon /John Wolffe
Part IV. Controversies, and the development of ideas.Hard Labour : institutional benevolence and the development of national education /Bob Tennant
Sermons for end times : Evangelicalism, romanticism, and apocalypse in Britain /Keith A. Francis and Robert J. Surridge
Rationalism, the enlightenment, and sermons /Nigel Aston
Preaching the Oxford movement /Jeremy Morris
Sermons and the Catholic restoration /Melissa Wilkinson
Paley to Darwin : natural theology versus science in Victorian sermons /Keith A. Francis
Preaching the broad church gospel : the natal sermons of Bishop John William Colenso /Gerald Parsons
Part V. Missions and ideas of empire.From Barbarism to civility, from darkness to light : preaching empire as sacred history /Robert G. Ingram
Eighteenth-century mission sermons /Rowan Strong
The sermon in the British colonies /Joanna Cruickshank
Church of Ireland missions to Roman Catholics, c.1700-1800 /Andrew Sneddon
'Go ye therefore and teach all nations.' Evangelical and mission sermons : the Imperial period /Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Part VI. Sermons and literature.The poet-preachers /Kirstie Blair
Tradition, preaching, and the Gothic revival /Stephen Prickett
The sermon and the Victorian novel /Linda Gill
Part VII. Conclusion.Sermon studies : major issues and future directions /Keith A. Francis.