Prophecy without Contempt : Religious Discourse in the Public Square /
Kaveny, Cathleen
Prophecy without Contempt : Religious Discourse in the Public Square / Cathleen Kaveny. - 1 online resource (464 p.)
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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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 used injudiciously it does more harm than good.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674969407
10.4159/9780674969407 doi
Christianity and politics--History.--United States
Jeremiads--Political aspects--History.--United States
Prophecy--Political aspects--History.--United States
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.--United States
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
BL633 / .K38 2016
322/.1014
Prophecy without Contempt : Religious Discourse in the Public Square / Cathleen Kaveny. - 1 online resource (464 p.)
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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 used injudiciously it does more harm than good.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674969407
10.4159/9780674969407 doi
Christianity and politics--History.--United States
Jeremiads--Political aspects--History.--United States
Prophecy--Political aspects--History.--United States
Rhetoric--Political aspects--History.--United States
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
BL633 / .K38 2016
322/.1014