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Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion

Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion

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General ChristianityGeneral European History

ISBN10: 0521841755
ISBN13: 9780521841757
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 23 2005
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.87 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
Why did people choose the Reformation? What was in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts the separation from family, friends, and workmates that adherence to the new faith often entailed and the new solidarities that emerged in their place. He explores the different media of conversion through which the Reformation message was communicated and the role of drama, sermons, song and the book. His findings offer a persuasive new answer to the critical question of how the Reformation could succeed as a mass movement in an age before mass literacy.

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