Rhetoric, Power, and Community: An Exercise in Reserve - Brossura

Jasper, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1606088319 ISBN 13: 9781606088319

Casa editrice: Wipf & Stock Pub, 2009

Riassunto

Rhetoric has returned vigorously to the agenda of a number of academic disciplines. Aristotle defended the art of rhetoric, while Plato was suspicious of its manipulative power to persuade. This study examines rhetoric in the context of different kinds of religious texts, from sacred scripture, to liturgy, to contemporary and postmodern writing and religion. How does the believing community negotiate rhetorical power-games which may be exercised upon it, and do we have to be bold to see the ironies and the joke which may be played upon us in the name of the truth of religion? This book is an exercise in rhetoric which is itself suspicious of the rhetorical arts. Its concerns are profoundly theological, though perhaps offensive to theology as it is often practiced in the church and the academy. It offers no conclusion, but perhaps a way of exploring and of looking afresh.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Wipf & Stock Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1606088319
• ISBN 13: 9781606088319
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 184
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile