The politics of sacred rhetoric : [manuscript] : absolutist appeals and political persuasion /

Marietta, Morgan.

The politics of sacred rhetoric : absolutist appeals and political persuasion / [manuscript] : Morgan Marietta. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012. - xii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12 . - Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sacred rhetoric in American politics -- Values and value conflict, sacred values, and sacred rhetoric -- The reasoning effect: sacred rhetoric and deliberation -- The activation effect: sacred rhetoric and participation -- "From my cold, dead hands": sacred rhetoric and social movements -- The absolutist advantage: sacred rhetoric in the Bush era -- Sacred rhetoric from Carter to Clinton: the 1976-1996 presidential debates -- Sacred rhetoric, the 2008 campaigns, and the Democratic Party -- Conclusion: "a cure for thought and the diseases it breeds"

9781602583863 (hardback : alk. paper) 1602583862 (hardback : alk. paper)

2011032170

015952195 Uk


Religion and politics--United States.
Ethical absolutism--Political aspects--United States.
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
Rhetoric--Religious aspects.

BL2525 / .M358 2012

322/.10973