LEADER 02794nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910451420203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-93000-4 010 $a9786610930005 010 $a1-60258-084-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000335355 035 $a(EBL)298840 035 $a(OCoLC)170923248 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000226253 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11234622 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226253 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233394 035 $a(PQKB)11352875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC298840 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse11545 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL298840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10191399 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL93000 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000335355 100 $a20070625d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPreaching politics$b[electronic resource] $ethe religious rhetoric of George Whitefield and the founding of a new nation /$fJerome Dean Mahaffey 210 $aWaco $cBaylor University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in rhetoric and religion ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-932792-88-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThe third volume in the Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figures-George Whitefield. Jerome Mahaffey explores George Whitefield's role in creating a "rhetoric of community" that successfully established a common worldview among the many colonial cultures. Using a rigorous method of rhetorical analysis, Mahaffey cogently argues that George Whitefield directed the evolution of an American collective religious identity that lay underneath the emerging political ideology that fu 410 0$aStudies in rhetoric and religion ;$v3. 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a269/.2092 700 $aMahaffey$b Jerome Dean$0879416 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451420203321 996 $aPreaching politics$92259541 997 $aUNINA