The Symmetry of Life: The Sermonic Insights of Phillips Brooks
This article focuses on the sermon 'The Symmetry of Life' by Phillips Brooks (1881), a late-18-century American clergyman who was known for the depth and inspirational quality of his sermons. To set the context for consideration of the sermon, I discuss the religious journey of young men a...
| Published in: | Pastoral psychology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
2016
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Pastoral psychology
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDE Anglican Church RE Homiletics |
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Ernest Thayer
B William James B Benjamin Franklin B Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 B Pastoral Theology B BROOKS, Phillips, 1835-1893 B History B Life structure B 18th Century B Religious journey B SERMON (Literary form) B Phillips Brooks B Daniel Levinson B STRIKING Out (Book) B Psychobiographical studies B Developmental models B THAYER, Ernest Lawrence, 1863-1940 B Sermon structure |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the sermon 'The Symmetry of Life' by Phillips Brooks (1881), a late-18-century American clergyman who was known for the depth and inspirational quality of his sermons. To set the context for consideration of the sermon, I discuss the religious journey of young men as presented in Striking Out (Capps 2011b) and my related article on Ernest Thayer (Capps 2015b); my psychobiographical study of young clergymen (Capps 2005) and employment of Levinson's (1978) life structure model in my interpretation of Brooks's young adulthood; the implications of preaching and the sermon structure for pastoral counseling (Capps 1980); and William James's (1987) positive view of Brooks. Following brief commentaries on Brooks's preaching style (Scarlett 1950) and a presentation of the sermon itself, I note several parallels between the implicit developmental model presented in the sermon and Levinson's developmental model. I conclude with a brief discussion of Benjamin Franklin's (1964) empirical study of the potential impact of George Whitefield's preaching and the methodological implications of this study for pastoral theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-016-0689-1 |