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The art of listening in the early church / Carol Harrison.
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: x, 302 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199641437 (hardcover)
- 9780198744955
- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
- Listening -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Oral communication -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Christian education -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Preaching -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Prayer -- Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- 270.1 HAR 23
- BR166 .H38 2013
Contents:
Introduction: voices of the page;
First impromptu: The other side of language or 'listening to the voice of being';
An auditory culture. Listening in cultural context;
Rhetoric and the art of listening;
Images and echoes;
Theme and variations. Catechesis: sounding the theme;
Second impromptu: Playing ball: the art of reception;
Preaching: variations on the theme;
Third impromptu: Singing the blues;
From listening to hearing. The polyphony of prayer;
From the bottom to the bottomless.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-293) and index.
Introduction: voices of the page;
First impromptu: The other side of language or 'listening to the voice of being';
An auditory culture. Listening in cultural context;
Rhetoric and the art of listening;
Images and echoes;
Theme and variations. Catechesis: sounding the theme;
Second impromptu: Playing ball: the art of reception;
Preaching: variations on the theme;
Third impromptu: Singing the blues;
From listening to hearing. The polyphony of prayer;
From the bottom to the bottomless.