Preaching the Christian Life and Faith

Communication of Religious Education in Late Antique Latin Sermons
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-16-164232-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 125 g

Reihe: SERAPHIM

In this volume, essays are brought together that map the preaching landscape in the late antique Latin West from the perspective of religious education. In Late Antiquity, sermons were the central institution through which religious education was imparted. Each contribution focuses on one preacher and addresses one of four key questions: What role did the Holy Scriptures play in preaching? How were hagiographic texts interpreted in the sermon? How were Christian ethics taught in sermons? And how did dogma enter the sermon? Reflections on current research into preaching and on the role of Augustine for late antique preachers round off the individual studies. Since preaching is highly dependent on its local and historical contexts, the volume collects a variety of perspectives that offering a nuanced picture of the genre of preaching that has shaped Christian communication from Late Antiquity to the present day.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anders, Nicolás

Gemeinhardt, Peter

Hantel, Lina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Anders, Nicolás
Born 1993; 2013-19 studies of Protestant Theology in Münster and Göttingen; 2017-22 Islamic/Arabic Studies and Religious Studies in Göttingen; 2019 Magister Theologiae; 2020 BA in Islamic/Arabic Studies and Religious Studies; 2022 MA in Islamic/Arabic Studies; 2024 Dr. theol., University of Göttingen; 2023-25 Vicar in the Evangelical Church of Kurhessen-Waldeck in Kassel.

Gemeinhardt, Peter
Born 1970; 1990-96 studies of Protestant Theology at the Universities of Marburg and Göttingen; 2001 Dr. theol., University of Marburg; 2003 Ordination; 2006 Habilitation University of Jena; 2007 professor of Church History at University of Göttingen; 2021-23 Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Göttingen.

Hantel, Lina
Born 1991; studies of Protestant Theology in Göttingen, Vienna, and Leipzig; 2019 Magistra Theologiae; 2024 Dr. theol., University of Göttingen; Vicar of the Protestant Church in Hanover.