The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion : Symbols, Sinners, and Saints.
Edwards, Jason A.
The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion : Symbols, Sinners, and Saints. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (250 pages) - Lexington Studies in Political Communication Series . - Lexington Studies in Political Communication Series .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Exodus -- Chapter Two: "Glory in the Fight" -- Chapter Three: Civil Religion as Communal Democratic Sentiment -- Chapter Four: Lighting "Human Spirit-Lamps" -- Chapter Five: Billy Graham's Cold War Rhetoric -- Chapter Six: In God (and Capitalism) We Trust -- Chapter Seven: Civil Religion as Christian Religion -- Chapter Eight: Sinners and Saints -- Chapter Nine: Civil Religion or Mere Religion? -- Chapter Ten: Discovering Self in the Absence of Privacy -- Chapter Eleven: Barack Obama and the Expansion of American Civil Religion -- Chapter Twelve: What Binds This Nation Together -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
This book examines the rhetoric of the Founding Fathers, activists, presidents, and contemporary actors who play a large role in helping to define American civil religion. It demonstrates how America's civil religion is forged through contestations of its beliefs, rituals, places, events, and myths by different groups and individuals.
9781498541497
Public history - United States.
Electronic books.
BL2525.R478 2016
201.720973
The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion : Symbols, Sinners, and Saints. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (250 pages) - Lexington Studies in Political Communication Series . - Lexington Studies in Political Communication Series .
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Exodus -- Chapter Two: "Glory in the Fight" -- Chapter Three: Civil Religion as Communal Democratic Sentiment -- Chapter Four: Lighting "Human Spirit-Lamps" -- Chapter Five: Billy Graham's Cold War Rhetoric -- Chapter Six: In God (and Capitalism) We Trust -- Chapter Seven: Civil Religion as Christian Religion -- Chapter Eight: Sinners and Saints -- Chapter Nine: Civil Religion or Mere Religion? -- Chapter Ten: Discovering Self in the Absence of Privacy -- Chapter Eleven: Barack Obama and the Expansion of American Civil Religion -- Chapter Twelve: What Binds This Nation Together -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.
This book examines the rhetoric of the Founding Fathers, activists, presidents, and contemporary actors who play a large role in helping to define American civil religion. It demonstrates how America's civil religion is forged through contestations of its beliefs, rituals, places, events, and myths by different groups and individuals.
9781498541497
Public history - United States.
Electronic books.
BL2525.R478 2016
201.720973