The politics of sacred rhetoric : absolutist appeals and political persuasion / / Morgan Marietta.

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Superior document:Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12.
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Physical Description:xii, 263 p.
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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".