The art of listening in the early church

How did people think about listening in the ancient world, and what evidence do we have of it in practice? The Christian faith came to the illiterate majority in the early Church through their ears. This proved problematic: the senses and the body had long been held in suspicion as all too temporal,...

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Main Author: Harrison, Carol (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2013
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Reviews:The Art of Listening in the Early Church. By Carol Harrison (2014) (Tilby, Angela)
The Art of Listening in the Early Church by Carol Harrison, Oxford University Press, 2013 (ISBN 978-0-19-964143-7), x + 302 pp., hb £65 (2014) (Grove, Kevin)
Edition:First edition
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Listening / Spiritual life / Church
Further subjects:B Oral communication Religious aspects Christianity
B Christian Education History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Listening Religious aspects Christianity
B Listening Religious aspects Christianity
B Prayer Christianity History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
B Preaching History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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