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Superchurch : the Rhetoric and Politics of American Fundamentalism / Jonathan J. Edwards.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Rhetoric and public affairs seriesPublication details: East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781609174477
  • 160917447X
  • 9781628951707
  • 1628951702
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Superchurch : the rhetoric and politics of american fundamentalism.DDC classification:
  • 289.9/5 23
LOC classification:
  • BT82.2 .E33 2015eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Public and Its Fundamentalists -- Chapter Two. The Fundamentals of Revival -- Chapter Three. Countersymbols and Confederacy -- Chapter Four. The Superchurch Revealed -- Chapter Five. The Superchurch Reimagined -- Chapter Six. The Limits of Accommodation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: To many outsiders, Fundamentalist speech seems contradictory, irrational, intolerant, and dangerously antidemocratic. To understand the complexity of Fundamentalism, we have to look inside the tensions and the paradoxes. We have to take seriously the ways in which Fundamentalists describe themselves to themselves, and to do that, we must begin by exploring the central role of "the church" in Fundamentalist rhetoric and politics. Edwards blends a complex yet readable treatment of rhetorical and political theory with a sophisticated approach to Fundamentalism that neither dismisses its appeal nor glosses over its irresolvable tensions.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1042450

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Public and Its Fundamentalists -- Chapter Two. The Fundamentals of Revival -- Chapter Three. Countersymbols and Confederacy -- Chapter Four. The Superchurch Revealed -- Chapter Five. The Superchurch Reimagined -- Chapter Six. The Limits of Accommodation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

To many outsiders, Fundamentalist speech seems contradictory, irrational, intolerant, and dangerously antidemocratic. To understand the complexity of Fundamentalism, we have to look inside the tensions and the paradoxes. We have to take seriously the ways in which Fundamentalists describe themselves to themselves, and to do that, we must begin by exploring the central role of "the church" in Fundamentalist rhetoric and politics. Edwards blends a complex yet readable treatment of rhetorical and political theory with a sophisticated approach to Fundamentalism that neither dismisses its appeal nor glosses over its irresolvable tensions.

English.