Prophecy without Contempt : Religious Discourse in the Public Square /

The culture wars have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny focuses on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. It can be strong medicine against threats to the body politic, she shows, but...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaveny, Cathleen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Christianity and politics > United States > History.
Jeremiads > Political aspects > United States > History.
Prophecy > Political aspects > United States > History.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > United States > History.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • I. The State of Public Discourse: Three Incomplete Explanations
  • 1. Alasdair MacIntyre: Fractured Moral Traditions
  • 2. John Rawls: Contests of Public Reason
  • 3. Carter and Cuddihy: Constraints of Civility
  • II. The Jeremiad and Its Evolution: A Historical Exploration
  • 4. The American Jeremiad: Covenant, Complaint, and Controversy
  • 5. From Consensus to Division: The Jeremiad's Shifting Role in American Political Life
  • III. The State of Public Discourse: A Rhetorical Analysis
  • 6. Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation: Identifying the Differences
  • 7. Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation: Describing the Relationship
  • IV. Toward an Ethic of Prophetic Rhetoric: Compassionate and Humble Truth Telling
  • 8. Best Practices: Styles of Prophetic Indictment
  • 9. Prophecy, Irony, and Humility: Lessons from Lincoln and Jonah
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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