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Autore |
Mahaffey Jerome Dean |
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Titolo |
Preaching politics [[electronic resource] ] : the religious rhetoric of George Whitefield and the founding of a new nation / / Jerome Dean Mahaffey |
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Waco, : Baylor University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-93000-4 |
9786610930005 |
1-60258-084-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in rhetoric and religion ; ; 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century |
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The quest for American origins -- Whitefield : finding his talents, forming his identity -- American identity -- America awakened -- Toward colonial unification -- The war against arbitrary power -- The deep-laid plot -- A blueprint for revolution -- The legacy of Whitefield. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The third volume in the Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figures-George Whitefield. Jerome Mahaffey explores George Whitefield's role in creating a "rhetoric of community" that successfully established a common worldview among the many colonial cultures. Using a rigorous method of rhetorical analysis, Mahaffey cogently argues that George Whitefield directed the evolution of an American collective religious identity that lay underneath the emerging political ideology that fu |
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