The politics of sacred rhetoric
Subtitle: absolutist appeals and political persuasion
By: Morgan Marietta
Series: Studies in rhetoric and religion -- 12; Studies in rhetoric and religion -- 12.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781602583863
Subjects: Religion and politics; Religious aspects; Rhetoric; Ethical absolutism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sacred rhetoric in American politics; title: Values and value conflict, sacred values, and sacred rhetoric; title: The reasoning effect: sacred rhetoric and deliberation; title: The activation effect: sacred rhetoric and participation; title: "From my cold, dead hands": sacred rhetoric and social movements; title: The absolutist advantage: sacred rhetoric in the Bush era; title: Sacred rhetoric from Carter to Clinton: the 1976-1996 presidential debates; title: Sacred rhetoric, the 2008 campaigns, and the Democratic Party; title: Conclusion: "a cure for thought and the diseases it breeds".