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.
Nicolás Anders, Peter Gemeinhardt, Lina Hantel: Introduction
Marius A. Van Willigen: Ambrose as Preacher - Francesco Pieri: On the
Psalms, on the Gospels, on the Liturgical Year. Jerome as a preacher in
Bethlehem - Christian Tornau: The interplay of polemics and didactics in
Augustine's preaching on love ( In epistulam Iohannis ad Parthos tractatus
decem ).
Dominic Keech: Merit, Matter, and Membership: Martyrs in the teaching of
Gaudentius of Brescia - Robert Edwards: The Illustrious Teachers of Rome:
Learning from the Saints in the Sermons of Leo the Great.
Dorothee Schenk: The narrative Construction of Christian and Communal
Identity in Zeno of Verona's Tractatus - Clemens Weidmann: Quam dure et
amare praedicavit episcopus! Remarks on the Increpationes of Maximus of
Turin - Nicolás Anders: Communication between Ideal and Reality: Conveying
Everyday Ethics in the Sermones of Caesarius of Arles - Bronwen Neil:
Teaching Biblical Values of Community in the Dialogues and Gospel Homilies
of Gregory the Great
Peter Gemeinhardt: Dogmatics for the Daily Life: Defining Orthodoxy and
Fighting Heresy in the Sermons of Chromatius of Aquileia - David Vopada:
Faith and Heresy in the Sermons attributed to Quodvultdeus of Carthage -
Lina Hantel: Passage through Hell: Preaching the Resurrection and Eternal
Life with Peter Chrysologus
Geoffrey D. Dunn: How Influential was Augustine's Preaching in his Own Time?
- Johan Leemans: Methods and Approaches in the Study of (Latin) Patristic
Sermons
Nicolás M. Anders (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1993; 2013-22 Studium der Ev. Theologie, Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft in Münster und Göttingen; 2019 Magister Theologiae; 2020 BA in Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft; 2022 MA in Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft; 2024 Promotion; Vikar der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck in Kassel.
Peter Gemeinhardt (Herausgegeben von) 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.
Lina Hantel (Herausgegeben von) 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.
