Religion & Spirituality
Often dismissed as 'the Dark Ages' of the Church before the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the Middle Ages was in fact a fascinating era for Christian preaching. Richly textual, highly informed, and even, entertaining, Fr Conor McDonough OP joins us on the podcast to discuss a Dominican perspective on preaching, especially in the Middle Ages, as well as the work of Humbert of Romans in his Treatise on Preaching. “The Word Eclipsed?: Preaching in the Early Middle Ages” by R Emmet McLaughlin Dominion by Tom Holland Confessions by St Augustine “Eynsham and Ælfric” Clerk of Oxford blog, Eleanor Parker “Performing the Seven Deadly Sins: How One Late-Medieval English Preacher did it” by Alan J. Fletcher Treatise on Preaching by Humbert of Romans What we’re enjoying at the moment: Fr. Conor: Pearl (poem) Rachel: Farewell my Lovely by Raymond Chandler