Preaching the Inward Light
Early Quaker Rhetoric
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Baylor University Press
Published:21st Oct '09
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Studying the history of early Quaker preaching, Michael Graves uses careful rhetorical analysis to provide insights into Quaker theology and practice. Situating the movement within the intellectual context of early seventeenth century Europe, he explores both seminal preachers and lesser known figures who were nonetheless important rhetoricians. Through extant sermons he demonstrates that the early Quakers could be a vocal, even ""revivalistic,"" sect that sought to put into effect world-wide the moral, spiritual, and practical virtues of what they called ""primitive Christianity."" Thus, Graves challenges the stereotypes of the early movement and shows the denomination to be theologically innovative and socially important. Well-researched and well-written, Preaching the Inward Light is a timely look backward to these spirited people.
"A lively analysis of Quaker homiletics. Both historians and students of rhetoric and preaching will find here many helpful insights." --John S. McClure, Charles G. Finney Professor of Homiletics, The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University
More than religious history, Michael P. Graves has penned a multifaceted historical, theoretical, and textual analysis of impromptu speech that will be of great interest to communication and rhetorical scholars.... Through his careful scholarship and elegant prose, we catch a glimpse of the path these Friends followed, the meaning they built, the communities they formed, and the Light that illuminated their way. -- Jonathan J. Edwards -- Rhetoric & Public Affairs
Preaching the Inward Light is an excellent resource not only for students of religious rhetoric, preaching, and history, but also for persons who would encounter a radically different approach to discerning God's living word amid the community of faith. -- Homiletic
ISBN: 9781602582408
Dimensions: 228mm x 154mm x 40mm
Weight: 862g
474 pages