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Persuasion and Conversion
Essays on Religion, Politics, and the Public Sphere in Early Modern England
Series: - Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume: 166
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The early modern âpublic sphereâ emerges out of a popular âculture of persuasionâ fostered by the Protestant Reformation. By 1600, religious identity could no longer be assumed as âgivenâ within the hierarchical institutions and elaborate apparatus of late-medieval âsacramental cultureâ. 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 âpublic sphereâ.
Torrance Kirby, DPhil (1988) in Modern History, Christ Church, University of Oxford, is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Centre for Research on Religion at McGill University. He has published extensively on the thought of Richard Hooker and recently edited A Companion to Richard Hooker (Brill, 2008).
â[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.â
Mary Morrissey, University of Reading. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Winter 2014), pp. 1406-1407.
ââThe 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 modernityââ
Mary Morrisey, University of Reading. In: Renaissance Quarterly , Vol. 67, No. 4, Winter 2014, p. 1407.
Mary Morrissey, University of Reading. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Winter 2014), pp. 1406-1407.
ââThe 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 modernityââ
Mary Morrisey, University of Reading. In: Renaissance Quarterly , Vol. 67, No. 4, Winter 2014, p. 1407.
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Introduction
1 Religion and propaganda: Thomas Cromwellâs use of Antoine de Marcourtâs Livre des Marchans in 1534
2 Public forum and forum of the conscience: John Calvinâs theological groundwork of the modern public sphere
3 Lay Supremacy: Tudor reform of the Canon Law of England
4 Public preaching: Paulâs Cross and the culture of persuasion
5 Public conversion: Richard Smythâs âRetractation Sermonâ at Paulâs Cross, 1547
6 Politics of hermeneutics: John Jewelâs âChallenge Sermonâ at Paulâs Cross, 1559
7 Politics of religious identity: John Foxe, Richard Hooker and the nascent public sphere
8 Politics of persuasion: âpublicâ and âprivateâ in Hookerâs apologetics
9 Public religion and public worship: the hermeneutics of Common Prayer
Bibliography
Index
All those interested in English Reformation history, Tudor history, early-modern political thought, the history of the Church, public preaching, and canon law.