A Concise History of Preaching

by Wilson, Paul Scott

• ISBN13: 9780687093427
• ISBN10: 0687093422
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-12-01
• Publisher: ABINGDON PRESS

Summary

From the apostle Paul, Origen, and Chrysostom through Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Wesley to Harry Emerson Fosdick, James S. Stewart, and Martin Luther King, Jr., this volume traces the history of preaching by focusing on the work of 20 key Christian preachers. Wilson analyzes how preachers through history have structured their sermons and shows how preaching today embodies the theological ideas of an era.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
The Early Church: The Authority of the Word as Sound	p. 17
The Proclaimed Word Taking Shape
The Pre-gospels and Paul: The New Testament as Preaching	p. 21
Perpetua (c. 181-203): Martyrdom as the Highest Form of Witness	p. 30
The East: A Word Gives Varieties of Meaning
Origen (185-254): Alexandria and Allegory	p. 35
Chrysostom (c. 347-407): Antioch and the Literal	p. 41
Romanos the Melodist (c. 490-c.560): Constantinople and Poetry	p. 47
The West: The Controlled Word
Cyprian (200-258): Carthage and Authoritative Exegesis	p. 53
Augustine (354-430): Hippo and the Primacy of the Rule of Love	p. 59
The Middle Ages: The Authority of the Word as Private Text	p. 67
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179): The Word of the Spirit	p. 73
Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274): The Word of Reason	p. 78
The Reformations: The Authority of the Common Text	p. 87
Martin Luther (1483-1546): Lutheran Protestant - the Authority of Law and Gospel	p. 92
John Calvin (1509-1564): Reformed Protestant - the Authority of Correction	p. 99
John Donne (1572-1631): Anglican Protestant - the Authority of Metaphysical Hope	p. 107
Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787): Redemptorist - the Authority of the Terrible Moral	p. 115
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): Congregational - the Authority of Experience, and the Promised Land	p. 122
John Wesley (1703-1791): Methodist - the Authority of Law and Gospel	p. 130
Horace Bushnell (1802-1876): Congregational - the Authority of Imagination	p. 138
Catherine Mumford Booth (1829-1890): Salvation Army - the Authority of "Aggression"	p. 147
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878-1969): Baptist - the Authority of Pastoral Counseling	p. 154
James S. Stewart (1896-1990): Presbyterian - the Authority of Evangelical Tradition	p. 162
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968): Black Baptist - the Authority of the Oppressed	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 178
Notes	p. 184
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