Preaching and Listening

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract “Faith commeth by hearing,” according to a scriptural dictum frequently applied to the importance of preached sermons in the ordinary means of salvation. For laity, the aural experience of the sermon—and the recollection of the minister’s otherwise ephemeral speech act—tethered theological understanding to lived experience and scriptural explication via acts of hearing, recording, and recalling. The effects of listening to preaching can be discerned indirectly in printed sermons and polemic writings and examined directly through conversion narratives and manuscript sermon notes. While some lay listening and note-taking styles appear to adapt the university training of the ministers, auditors typically crafted their own modes of attending, recording, and recalling what was most important to them. This aural culture of the sermon made the laity collaborators in the larger spread of sermon culture across genres and media forms.
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Authors Meredith Neuman
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197617823.013.0039
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197617823.013.0039
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