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Book SynopsisIn Preaching a Dual Identity, Nicholas Must examines seventeenth-century Huguenot sermons to study the development of French Reformed confessional identity under the Edict of Nantes. Of key concern is how a Huguenot hybrid identity was formulated by balancing a strong sense of religious particularism with an enthusiastic political loyalism. Must argues that sermons were an integral part of asserting this unique confessional position in both their preached and printed forms. To demonstrate this, Must explores a variety of sermon themes to access the range of images and arguments that preachers employed to articulate a particular vision of their community as a religious minority in France.
Trade Review“Must’s book is an excellent study of Huguenot sermons.” David L. Papendorf, Central Michigan University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 70, No. 1 (January 2019), pp. 196–198. “Must makes a convincing case about the origin, development, and power of Huguenot confessional identity under the Edict of Nantes. Furthermore, his use of seventeenth-century sermons is a credit to the field of Reformation studies and highlights the fecundity of such sources for understanding early modern Protestantism.” Jonathan Baddley, Cambridge, MA. In: Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Fall 2019), pp. 853–855.
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Historical Context Huguenot Historiography Sermon Literature Sermons as Text and Event The Rise and Fall in Rates of Printing Division of the Text CHAPTER ONE – THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSENGERS Basic Structures of the Huguenot Sermon Preparation and Administration Practical Aids and Reflexive Sermons: Preaching about Pastors Dignity and Duty as Sermon Themes Conclusion CHAPTER TWO – AN EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY: DEFINING THE HUGUENOT PETIT TROUPEAU Theology, Controversy, and the Catholic Church: Ceci est mon corps A Voluntary Minority: Là où il y a deux ou trois Defining Identity Through Psalms... ...And Defining Identity Through Prophets Conclusion CHAPTER THREE – CIVICS AND RELIGION, OR WHY HUGUENOTS MAKE THE BEST SUBJECTS The Evolving Political Situation of Huguenots The Politics of Publishing Craignez Dieu, Honorez le Roy: Biblical Imperatives and the Divine Order Civics and Huguenot Political History Uniquely Huguenot Approaches to Being a French Subject Conclusion CHAPTER FOUR – MARRIAGE AND CONFESSIONALIZATION, PART 1: SHAPING HUGUENOT IDENTITY THROUGH SERMONS ON THE CONJUGAL UNIT Influences on Huguenot Marriage The Purpose and Utility of Marriage Gender and the Ordering of Marriage Clerical Marriage, Sacramental Status, and Other Differences The Danger of Mixed Marriages Conclusion CHAPTER FIVE – MARRIAGE AND CONFESSIONALIZATION, PART 2: SHAPING HUGUENOT IDENTITY BEYOND THE COUPLE Husbands, Love Your Wives, Just as Christ Loved the Church Le Petit Troupeau vs La Grande Paillarde Obeying Husbands and Kings Conclusion CHAPTER SIX – AN EPILOGUE, or: HUGUENOT IDENTITY BEYOND THE REVOCATION, FAMILIAR IMAGERY AND HUGUENOT HISTORY IN REFUGEE SERMONS Towards the Revocation and Beyond The Netherlands Brandenburg and Britain Conclusion CONCLUSION APPENDIX: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR PASTORS CITED BIBLIOGRAPHY
