The politics of sacred rhetoric absolutist appeals and political persuasion /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
c2012.
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| Series: | Studies in rhetoric and religion ;
12. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of 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".