Preaching Politics: The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation (Studies in Rhetoric & Religion)

Mahaffey, Jerome Dean

ISBN 10: 1932792880 / ISBN 13: 9781932792881

Published by Baylor University Press, 2007

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Dark gray boards with silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight. Corners are sharp. Content is clean. Note: Saw him on the Glenn Beck show" in ink under the author name on the title page. Otherwise this copy is clean, no other marking. 310 p. 1.16 lb. 6.25 x 1.25 x 9 inches. This copy does not appear to have been open/read.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Preaching Politics: The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation (Studies in Rhetoric & Religion)
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932792880
• ISBN 13: 9781932792881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

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 figures--George 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.

About the Author

Jerome Dean Mahaffey (Ph.D. University of Memphis) is Lecturer in the School of Communication at Northern Arizona University and the author of The Accidental Revolutionary: George Whitefield and the Creation of America.