CM100 Basic History of Preaching
Overview
In Basic History of Preaching (CM100), Gary Carr surveys the history of preaching from the early church to the present. He begins with an introduction to the origins of preaching in classical Greek rhetoric and then highlights notable preachers and their contribution to the nature of preaching in the time of the Church Fathers, the Middle Ages, the Reformation, and the succeeding centuries up to modern times.
Top Highlights
“The logos portion was the actual development of the reason and the logical development of syllogisms or patterns of thought that help to convince and persuade and appeal to their intellect.” (source)
“The third aspect of the rhetorical art was called pathos, and pathos had sort of an emotional appeal. The way it worked was ethos was generally established in the introduction of a certain message. And then logos was necessary for that, the body of the message. And finally, pathos was the most effective in the conclusion because it moved the audience to a decision, an emotionally charged decision.” (source)
“The middle style was used in argumentation and rhetoric for the entertainment and the pleasure of the hearers.” (source)
“The plain style was a type of delivery that was used to establish a proof or to convince the audience that something was valid or had weight, the merit of logical reasoning behind it.” (source)
“Now, the ethos was a word that represented the trustworthiness or the character of the speaker. In the development of an argument in rhetoric, if the speaker could establish the credibility of the premise of the argument and base it on the credibility of the speaker as well, that idea of that trustworthiness and building a foundation of committing a sense of believability was the ethos portion of a speech.” (source)
- Title: CM100 Basic History of Preaching
- Author: Gary Carr
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Education › Preaching--History; Preaching › History
- Resource ID: LLS:CM100CARR
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-07-25T21:27:52Z
Dr. Gary Carr, vice president for adult and graduate studies at Southern Wesleyan University, oversees the adult and graduate studies program administration operations, and provides leadership for faculty services, student services, and chaplains’ services.
He served as vice president for translations for the International Bible Society and as division chaplain, 2nd Marine Division and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. In addition, Dr. Carr has served as command chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk and Battle Force Seventh Fleet.
During his military career, he served as national director of chaplain recruitment and as command chaplain at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Florida. He is an ordained minister in The Wesleyan Church and served as pastor for the Diamond Springs Wesleyan Church in Michigan.
Dr. Carr and his wife, Karen, are the parents of two married children, Lesleigh and Lauren, as well as a daughter at home, Lydia.