The Art of Preaching: A Cistercian Anthropology: 23 (Cistercian Fathers Series, 23) - Softcover

Alan Of Lille

 
9780879079239: The Art of Preaching: A Cistercian Anthropology: 23 (Cistercian Fathers Series, 23)

Synopsis

Preaching was a much admired, much studied, and much practiced art by both abbots and secular clergy. This handbook designed for training future preachers gives moderns an insight into the technique and the content of those twelfth-century sermons.

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Review

Alan's handbook came at a time when the making of sermons was becoming a more precise art. After analyzing what preaching is, who should preach and to whom, why, when, and where, Alan offers a set of fascinating chapters that suggest texts and sermon materials . . .Grover Zinn, Religious Studies Review

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