عنوان

Prophecy without contempt :

شابک

0674495039

شابک

9780674495036

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Prophecy without contempt :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

religious discourse in the public square /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Cathleen Kaveny

نام خاص و کميت اثر

x, 451 pages ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Alasdair MacIntyre : Fractured Moral Traditions -- John Rawls : The Contests of Public Reason -- Carter and Cuddihy : The Constraints of Civility -- The American Jeremiad : Covenant, Complaint, and Controversy -- From Consensus to Division : The Jeremiad's Shifting Role in American Political Life -- Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation : Identifying the Differences -- Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation : Describing the Relationship -- Best Practices : Styles of Prophetic Indictment -- Prophecy, Irony, and Humility : Lessons from Lincoln and Jonah

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

American culture warriors have plenty to argue about, but battles over such issues as abortion and torture have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny reframes the debate about religion in the public square by focusing on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. Throughout American history, reformers of all political persuasions and for all manner of causes-abolitionists, defenders of slavery, prohibitionists, and civil rights leaders-have echoed the thundering condemnations of the Hebrew prophets in decrying what they see as social evils. Rooted in the denunciations of Puritan sermons, prophetic rhetoric has evolved to match the politics of an increasingly pluralistic society. To employ prophetic indictment in political speech is to claim to speak from a position of unassailable authority-whether God, reason, or common sense-in order to accuse opponents of violating a fundamental law. The fiery rhetoric of prophetic indictment operates very differently from the cooler language of practical deliberation and policy analysis. Kaveny contends that prophetic indictment is a form of "moral chemotherapy": it can be strong medicine against moral cancers threatening the body politic, but administered injudiciously, it can do more harm than good. Kaveny draws upon a wide array of sources to develop criteria for the constructive use of prophetic indictment. In modern times, Martin Luther King Jr. exemplifies the use of prophetic rhetoric to facilitate reform and reconciliation rather than revenge. -- Provided by publisher

موضوع مستند نشده

Christianity and politics-- United States-- History

موضوع مستند نشده

Jeremiads-- Political aspects-- United States-- History

موضوع مستند نشده

Prophecy-- Political aspects-- United States-- History

موضوع مستند نشده

Rhetoric-- Political aspects-- United States-- History

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Kaveny, Cathleen

تاريخ عمليات

20170406072542.3

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y