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Puritan rhetoric : the issue of emotion in religion / by Eugene E. White ; foreword by David Potter.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Landmarks in rhetoric and public addressPublication details: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009, ©1972.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: 1 online resource (xiv, 215 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780809386796
  • 0809386798
  • 1280697849
  • 9781280697845
  • 9786613674807
  • 661367480X
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 285/.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BR112 .W46 2009eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Also in this Series; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part One: The Developing Exigence; The Inheritance; Transition and Culmination; The Great Awakening; Part Two: Readings; 1. The Future Punishment of the Wicked Unavoidable and Intolerable; 2. Distinguishing Marks; 3. Enthusiasm Described and Caution'd Against; 4. Concerning the Nature of the Affections, and Their Importance in Religion; 5. Natural Religion; Part Three: Inquiry; Strategies of Argument; Strategies of Style and Composition; Strategies of Disposition; Notes to Part One; Bibliography; Back Cover
Summary: The nature of Puritanism in America and the role of emotion in religion is the subject of this important and useful collection of five religious orations, discussed and appraised by Professor White for students of Puri­tanism and rhetoric. The five orations presented here consist of three by Jonathan Edwards, "Future Punishment," "Distinguishing Marks," and "The Nature of the Affections"; one by Charles Chauncy, "Enthusiasm Described and Caution'd Against"; and one by Ebenezer Gay, "Natural Religion, as Distinguished from Revealed." In the first or introductory part.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215).

Cover; Also in this Series; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part One: The Developing Exigence; The Inheritance; Transition and Culmination; The Great Awakening; Part Two: Readings; 1. The Future Punishment of the Wicked Unavoidable and Intolerable; 2. Distinguishing Marks; 3. Enthusiasm Described and Caution'd Against; 4. Concerning the Nature of the Affections, and Their Importance in Religion; 5. Natural Religion; Part Three: Inquiry; Strategies of Argument; Strategies of Style and Composition; Strategies of Disposition; Notes to Part One; Bibliography; Back Cover

The nature of Puritanism in America and the role of emotion in religion is the subject of this important and useful collection of five religious orations, discussed and appraised by Professor White for students of Puri­tanism and rhetoric. The five orations presented here consist of three by Jonathan Edwards, "Future Punishment," "Distinguishing Marks," and "The Nature of the Affections"; one by Charles Chauncy, "Enthusiasm Described and Caution'd Against"; and one by Ebenezer Gay, "Natural Religion, as Distinguished from Revealed." In the first or introductory part.

English.