Toward a Civil Discourse : Rhetoric and Fundamentalism /

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"Sharon Crowley investigates the cultural factors that lead to the formation of beliefs, and how beliefs can develop into densely articulated systems and political activism. She underscores the urgency of developing a civil discourse, and through a review of historic rhetoric and its modern app...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowley, Sharon, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rhetorique > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Religion et politique > États-Unis.
Communication en politique > États-Unis.
Éloquence politique > États-Unis.
Fundamentalismus
Christentum
Politische Kommunikation
Religion and politics.
Communication > Political aspects.
Civil society.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Religion et politique.
Communication > Aspect politique.
Societe civile.
USA.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. On (not) arguing about religion and politics
  • 2. Speaking of rhetoric
  • 3. Belief and passionate commitment
  • 4. Apocalyptism
  • 5. Ideas do have consequences : apocalyptism and the Christian right
  • 6. The truth is out there : apocalyptism and conspiracy
  • 7. How beliefs change
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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