Prophecy without Contempt
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Church, Church & State, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Cathleen Kaveny | ISBN: | 9780674969384 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cathleen Kaveny |
| ISBN: | 9780674969384 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 7, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
The culture wars have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny focuses on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. It can be strong medicine against threats to the body politic, she shows, but used injudiciously it does more harm than good.
The culture wars have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny focuses on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. It can be strong medicine against threats to the body politic, she shows, but used injudiciously it does more harm than good.
