LEADER 03239nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910809475603321 005 20230801232009.0 010 $a1-280-48757-7 010 $a9786613582805 010 $a1-60258-388-9 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046485 035 $a(EBL)1036998 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000601756 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11422813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000601756 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10568846 035 $a(PQKB)10077827 035 $a(OCoLC)785785366 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16089 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1036998 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535718 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358280 035 $a(OCoLC)817077388 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1036998 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046485 100 $a20110804d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe politics of sacred rhetoric$b[electronic resource] $eabsolutist appeals and political persuasion /$fMorgan Marietta 210 $aWaco, Tex. $cBaylor University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in rhetoric and religion ;$v12 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60258-386-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSacred 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". 330 $aRevealing what lies behind much contemporary political rhetoric, Morgan Marietta shows that the language of America's most prominent leaders often relies on deep, even sacred, ideals. Comprehensively and in great detail surveying the rhetorical inventions employed in influential social movements and into the highest levels of government, The Politics of Sacred Rhetoric systematically analyzes the use of absolutist claims-and appeals to what a speaker deems to be universal truths-as essential elements of persuasion in the American political landscape. In exploring the sometimes subt 410 0$aStudies in rhetoric and religion ;$v12. 606 $aReligion and politics$zUnited States 606 $aEthical absolutism$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aRhetoric$xReligious aspects 615 0$aReligion and politics 615 0$aEthical absolutism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aRhetoric$xReligious aspects. 676 $a322/.10973 700 $aMarietta$b Morgan$0905891 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809475603321 996 $aThe politics of sacred rhetoric$94112311 997 $aUNINA