| The Age of the Reformation: Vol.4 Contributor(s): Old, Hughes Oliphant (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802847757 ISBN-13: 9780802847751 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $48.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: "The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that explores the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. In Volume 4, "The Age of the Reformation, Old focuses on changes in preaching due to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. This is the pivotal volume in Old's project, covering as it does not only what the Reformers and Counter-Reformers preached but also their reform of preaching itself. Old traces the main events and people involved in the development of preaching at this time Luther, Calvin, Thomas of Villanova, Francis Xavier, William Perkins, John Donne, Johann Gerhard, Jacques Bossuet, and many more while also giving due attention to how preaching was itself an act of worship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Preaching - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General - Religion | Institutions & Organizations |
| Dewey: 264.34 |
| LCCN: 97030624 |
| Series: Reading & Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.12" W x 8.96" (1.67 lbs) 570 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - Modern - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that explores the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. In Volume 4, The Age of the Reformation, Old focuses on changes in preaching due to the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. This is the pivotal volume in Old's project, covering as it does not only what the Reformers and Counter-Reformers preached but also their reform of preaching itself. Old traces the main events and people involved in the development of preaching at this time - Luther, Calvin, Thomas of Villanova, Francis Xavier, William Perkins, John Donne, Johann Gerhard, Jacques Bossuet, and many more - while also giving due attention to how preaching was itself an act of worship. |
Contributor Bio(s): Old, Hughes Oliphant: - Hughes Oliphant Old is John H. Leith Professor of Reformed Theology and Dean of the Institute for Reformed Worship at Erskine Theological Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina. |
