Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Golden Chains of Citation -- 2. Holy Duplicity: The Preacher's Two Faces -- 3. A Manner of Speaking: Access and the Vernacular -- 4. "Mere Words": Gendered Eloquence and Christian Preaching -- 5. Transparent Bodies and the Redemption of Rhetoric -- 6. The Alibi of Female Authority -- 7. Sermones ad Status and Old Wives' Tales; or, The Audience Talks Back -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Claire M. Waters offers an original examination of the preacher's unique role as an intermediary--standing between heaven and earth, between God and people, participating in and responsible to both sides of that divide
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-269) and index