| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgements |
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xvii | |
| Abbreviations |
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xix | |
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Chapter 1 Telling the Story |
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1 | (18) |
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Establishing an Historical Approach |
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3 | (1) |
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Defining Evangelical Protestantism |
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3 | (5) |
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Compiling a Database with Defensible Criteria |
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8 | (2) |
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10 | (5) |
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Assessing the Impact of Sermons and Preaching |
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15 | (1) |
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Beyond Religious Discourse |
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16 | (3) |
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Chapter 2 Old and New Custodians |
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19 | (40) |
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The Role of Preaching in Irish Protestantism |
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Homiletic Training of Protestant Preachers |
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11 | (33) |
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44 | (5) |
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Contemporary Perceptions of `the Sermon' among Evangelicals |
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49 | (8) |
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57 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Common Parameters |
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59 | (42) |
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60 | (1) |
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Centrality of the Biblical Text |
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61 | (5) |
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66 | (1) |
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66 | (4) |
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70 | (4) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (3) |
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78 | (1) |
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Assumption, Aggression and Ridicule |
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79 | (2) |
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Certainty, Dogmatism and Overstatement |
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81 | (1) |
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Allusion and Illustration |
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82 | (7) |
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Narrative and Imagination |
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89 | (1) |
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Emotion, the Personal Pronoun and Other Devices |
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90 | (4) |
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Tensions in Evangelical Preaching |
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94 | (1) |
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Text, Interpretation and Proclamation |
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94 | (1) |
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Calling and Professionalism |
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95 | (1) |
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Piety, Performance and Success |
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95 | (1) |
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Doctrinal Fidelity and Improvement |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Prominent Texts, Themes, Forms and Patterns |
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101 | (42) |
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101 | (10) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (14) |
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126 | (4) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (11) |
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Chapter 5 Evangelicalism: A Religion of Confidence? |
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143 | (40) |
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144 | (2) |
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The Growth of Urbanisation and Industrialisation |
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146 | (15) |
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The Rise of a Secular State |
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161 | (9) |
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The Decline of Protestantism |
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170 | (10) |
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180 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Other Voices: Major Influences and Turning Points |
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183 | (30) |
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Pulpit Personalities within Ireland |
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183 | (4) |
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The Ulster Revival of 1859 |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (5) |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (3) |
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The Wider Evangelical Movement |
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203 | (7) |
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210 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 Problems of Impact |
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213 | (26) |
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Sources of Difficulty in the Assessment of Impact |
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213 | (3) |
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216 | (1) |
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Foci for Regular Social Gathering |
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216 | (2) |
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218 | (11) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (3) |
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Arbiters of Cultural and Social Taste |
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233 | (4) |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (6) |
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245 | (6) |
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251 | (42) |
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251 | (30) |
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281 | (12) |
| General Index |
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