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Preaching politics : the religious rhetoric of George Whitefield and the founding of a new nation /
The third volume in the Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figures-George Whitefield. Jerome Mahaffey explores George Whitefield's role in creating a "rhetoric o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Studies in rhetoric and religion ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The third volume in the Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figures-George Whitefield. Jerome Mahaffey explores George Whitefield's role in creating a "rhetoric of community" that successfully established a common worldview among the many colonial cultures. Using a rigorous method of rhetorical analysis, Mahaffey cogently argues that George Whitefield directed the evolution of an American collective religious identity that lay underneath the emerging political ideology that fueled the American Revolution |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781602580848 1602580847 1280930004 9781280930003 |