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008 090528s2009 txu bm 001 0 eng
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020 $a9781602582408 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a1602582408 (hardback : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn318878825
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050 00 $aBX7748.P75$bG73 2009
082 00 $a252/.096$222
100 1 $aGraves, Michael P.,$d1943-
245 10 $aPreaching the inward light :$bearly Quaker rhetoric /$cMichael P. Graves.
260 $aWaco, Tex. :$bBaylor University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 462 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aStudies in rhetoric and religion ;$v9
500 $aRevised and expanded version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 1972 under the title "The rhetoric of the inward light : an examination of extant sermons delivered by early Quakers, 1671-1700."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 415-435) and indexes.
505 0 $aCultural constraints on early Quaker preaching -- Presuppositions of early Quaker preaching -- The development of seventeenth-century Quaker impromptu preaching theory -- Robert Barclay and the grounding of early Quaker homiletic theory -- The flowering of early Quaker homiletic theory : Samuel Bownas' manual for itinerant impromptu preachers -- Thematic characteristics of Quaker sermons, 1671-1700 -- Five key metaphors in early Quaker sermons, 1671-1700 -- Other salient characteristics of Quaker sermons, 1671-1700 -- George Fox faces the Yearly Meeting in 1674 : the challenge of legitimacy in a culture that values impromptu, inspired discourse -- Stephen Crisp and the bedrock of early Quakerism -- "This is my testimony unto you from the life of God" : the theorist tests his own advice -- William Penn preaches an impromptu funeral sermon.
650 0 $aQuaker preaching$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aExtemporaneous preaching$xHistory$y17th century.
650 0 $aSociety of Friends$xSermons$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSermons, English$xHistory and criticism.
830 0 $aStudies in rhetoric and religion ;$v9.