02761nam 2200589 a 450 991078429300332120200520144314.01-280-93000-497866109300051-60258-084-7(CKB)1000000000335355(EBL)298840(OCoLC)170923248(SSID)ssj0000226253(PQKBManifestationID)11234622(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226253(PQKBWorkID)10233394(PQKB)11352875(MdBmJHUP)muse11545(Au-PeEL)EBL298840(CaPaEBR)ebr10191399(CaONFJC)MIL93000(MiAaPQ)EBC298840(EXLCZ)99100000000033535520070625d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPreaching politics[electronic resource] the religious rhetoric of George Whitefield and the founding of a new nation /Jerome Dean MahaffeyWaco Baylor University Pressc20071 online resource (311 p.)Studies in rhetoric and religion ;3Description based upon print version of record.1-932792-88-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.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.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 fuStudies in rhetoric and religion ;3.RhetoricPolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775RhetoricPolitical aspectsHistory269/.2092Mahaffey Jerome Dean1564805MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784293003321Preaching politics3852659UNINA