Prophecy without Contempt

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
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Author: Cathleen Kaveny ISBN: 9780674969384
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: March 7, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Cathleen Kaveny
ISBN: 9780674969384
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: March 7, 2016
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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