Preaching politics [[electronic resource] ] : the religious rhetoric of George Whitefield and the founding of a new nation / / Jerome Dean Mahaffey

• Autore: Mahaffey Jerome Dean
• Pubblicazione: Waco, : Baylor University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Disciplina: 269/.2092
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Preaching politics
• ISBN: 1-280-93000-4; 9786610930005; 1-60258-084-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826099903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in rhetoric and religion ; ; 3.