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Spiritual Calculations
Medieval English sermons teem with examples of quantitative reasoning, ranging from the arithmetical to the numerological, and regularly engage with numerical concepts. Examining sermons written in Middle English and Latin, this book reveals that popular English-speaking audiences were encouraged to engage in a wide range of numerate operations in their daily religious practices.
Medieval sermonists promoted numeracy as a way for audiences to appreciate divine truth. Their sermons educated audiences in a hybrid form of numerate practice—one that relied on individuals' pragmatic quantitative reasoning, which, when combined with spiritual interpretations of numbers provided by the preacher, created a deep and rich sense in which number was the best way to approach the sacred mysteries of the world as well as to learn how one could best live as a Christian. Analyzing both published and previously unpublished sermons and sermon cycles, Christine Cooper-Rompato explores the use of numbers, arithmetic, and other mathematical operations to better understand how medieval laypeople used math as a means to connect with God.
Spiritual Calculations enhances our understanding of medieval sermons and sheds new light on how receptive audiences were to this sophisticated rhetorical form. It will be welcomed by scholars of Middle English literature, medieval sermon studies, religious experience, and the history of mathematics.
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Jonathan Edwards : writings from the Great Awakening
Draws on first editions and manuscript sources in an anthology of writings by the eighteenth-century theologian and philosopher on the revivals, including the famous sermon \"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.\"
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EVALUATING THE VALIDITY OF THE \THREE MISSIONARY JOURNEYS\ STRUCTURING MOTIF IN ACTS
[...]the division was not recognized until 1742 and then popularized by mission agencies. [...]I return to arguments for the three missionary journey model and argue that a dotted line, not a heavy line, should be drawn between the \"second\" and \"third\" journeys which reveals more unity between them. \"3 Most argue that verse eight functions as the Table of Contents for Acts.4 The rest of the book details how Christ's people are witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and Rome.5 A distinctly geographical, theo-political, and ethnic presentation of the spread of the good news exists in Acts and the order is important.6 However, the difficulty comes in trying to figure out precise divisions within this broad view. [...]while there are some good arguments to break the narrative at 19:20, the Ephesian ministry continues after 19:20. Because of these reasons, in the following sections I will no longer address the \"summary statement\" structural model, though there is some validity to it.
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