The politics of sacred rhetoric [electronic resource] : absolutist appeals and political persuasion / Morgan Marietta.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in rhetoric and religion ; 12 | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)ISBN:- 9781602583887
- 1602583889
- 322/.10973 23
- BL2525 .M358 2012
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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".
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