Prophecy without Contempt : Religious Discourse in the Public Square / Cathleen Kaveny.
Kaveny, Cathleen, author.
2016
BL633 .K38 2016
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Title
Prophecy without Contempt : Religious Discourse in the Public Square / Cathleen Kaveny.
Author
Kaveny, Cathleen, author.
ISBN
9780674969407
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674969407
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (464 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674969407 doi
Call Number
BL633 .K38 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
322/.1014
Summary
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.
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Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. The State of Public Discourse: Three Incomplete Explanations
1. Alasdair MacIntyre: Fractured Moral Traditions
2. John Rawls: Contests of Public Reason
3. Carter and Cuddihy: Constraints of Civility
II. The Jeremiad and Its Evolution: A Historical Exploration
4. The American Jeremiad: Covenant, Complaint, and Controversy
5. From Consensus to Division: The Jeremiad's Shifting Role in American Political Life
III. The State of Public Discourse: A Rhetorical Analysis
6. Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation: Identifying the Differences
7. Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation: Describing the Relationship
IV. Toward an Ethic of Prophetic Rhetoric: Compassionate and Humble Truth Telling
8. Best Practices: Styles of Prophetic Indictment
9. Prophecy, Irony, and Humility: Lessons from Lincoln and Jonah
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Index

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