Del 166 i serien Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

Persuasion and Conversion

Essays on Religion, Politics, and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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The early modern ‘public sphere’ emerges out of a popular ‘culture of persuasion’ fostered by the Protestant Reformation. By 1600, religious identity could no longer be assumed as ‘given’ within the hierarchical institutions and elaborate apparatus of late-medieval ‘sacramental culture’. Reformers insisted on a sharp demarcation between the inner, subjective space of the individual and the external, public space of institutional life. Gradual displacement of sacramental culture was achieved by means of argument, textual interpretation, exhortation, reasoned opinion, and moral advice exercised through both pulpit and press. This alternative culture of persuasion presupposes a radically distinct notion of mediation. The common focus of the essays collected here is the dynamic interaction of religion and politics which provided a crucible for the emerging modern ‘public sphere’.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-08-22
Mått155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt507 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in the History of Christian Traditions
Antal sidor230
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004253643

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Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroduction1Religion and propaganda: Thomas Cromwell’s use of Antoine de Marcourt’s Livre des Marchans in 15342Public forum and forum of the conscience: John Calvin’s theological groundwork of the modern public sphere3Lay Supremacy: Tudor reform of the Canon Law of England4Public preaching: Paul’s Cross and the culture of persuasion5Public conversion: Richard Smyth’s ‘Retractation Sermon’ at Paul’s Cross, 15476Politics of hermeneutics: John Jewel’s ‘Challenge Sermon’ at Paul’s Cross, 15597Politics of religious identity: John Foxe, Richard Hooker and the nascent public sphere8Politics of persuasion: ‘public’ and ‘private’ in Hooker’s apologetics9Public religion and public worship: the hermeneutics of Common PrayerBibliographyIndex

“[This book] offers an account of the Reformation that takes new and recent research in challenging directions while reasserting the importance of the period to our understanding of modernity.”Mary Morrissey, University of Reading. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Winter 2014), pp. 1406-1407.‘’The volume is more than the sum of its parts. It offers an account of the Reformation that takes new and recent research in challenging directions while reasserting the importance of the period to our understanding of modernity’’Mary Morrisey, University of Reading. In: Renaissance Quarterly , Vol. 67, No. 4, Winter 2014, p. 1407.