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Preaching Politics

The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation
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The third volume in Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figuresaGeorge 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 fueled the American Revolution.
Jerome Dean Mahaffey is Associate Professor and the John and Corrine Graf Chair of Mass Communication at Indiana University.
1 The Quest for American Origins 2 Whitefield: Discovering His Talents, Discovering His Identity 3 American Identity 4 America Awakened 5 Toward Colonial Unification 6 The War Against Arbitrary Power 7 The Deep Laid Plot 8 A Blueprint For Revolution 9 The Legacy of Whitefield
This study of the convergence of religion and politics in 18th-century America is an altogether satisfying presentation suitable for use by undergraduate and graduate students alike... Recommended. -- CHOICE
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