The Preacher's Directory; Or, A Series of Subjects Proper for Public Discourses
Author : William Enfield
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1782
Category : Quotations
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Author : William Enfield
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,95 MB
Release : 1782
Category : Quotations
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Author : William Enfield
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Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,7 MB
Release : 1782
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Page : 954 pages
File Size : 27,23 MB
Release : 1824
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Author : Robert Watt
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Page : 968 pages
File Size : 22,9 MB
Release : 1824
Category : English literature
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Author : Public Free Libraries (Manchester)
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Page : 996 pages
File Size : 17,84 MB
Release : 1864
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Author : John Tillotson
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Page : 488 pages
File Size : 29,65 MB
Release : 1696
Category : Sermons, English
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Page : 660 pages
File Size : 15,34 MB
Release : 1886
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Author : James Darling
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Page : 1702 pages
File Size : 22,20 MB
Release : 1854
Category : Bible
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Author : William Enfield
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 36,68 MB
Release : 1785
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Gilles Teulié
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1443808741
This collection of essays ponders upon the intricate relations between the military and the spiritual from the Middle Ages to the present day. In order to analyse human attitudes towards conflicts, it is necessary to dwell upon the nebulous area where the religious and political spheres interweave so tightly that they become virtually impossible to distinguish. Indeed, despite remaining the responsibility of the state, the political decision to go to war depends heavily on some spiritual underpinning since, without a moral, ethical, or religious justification, it stands for gratuitous violence and is often equated with aggression. Situated as they are at the intersection of religious and political awareness, war sermons are an invaluable source of information regarding societies in times of conflict. Indeed, whether favourable or hostile to the waging of war, preachers participated in the edification of parishioners’ opinion. The writing, delivering or reading of sermons shaped the mental process of peoples who sought their ministers’ moral and spiritual guidance in times of crisis. This collection of essays offers contributions to the renewed debate on the function of war, its representations and its rhetoric as generators of identity.