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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12 | Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12.Publication details: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012.Description: xii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781602583863 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1602583862 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 322/.10973 23
LOC classification:
  • BL2525 .M358 2012
Contents:
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"
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Books Books Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology Library Available at Circulation Section 322.1097 Mar 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16643

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"

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