The Rhetoric of American Civil Religion : Symbols, Sinners, and Saints.

By:

Edwards, Jason A

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Lexington Studies in Political Communication SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781498541497

Subject(s):

Public history - United States

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Rhetoric of American Civil ReligionDDC classification:

201.720973

LOC classification:

BL2525.R478 2016

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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