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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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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 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910451420203321 |
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