Preaching Politics
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Preaching Politics

The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation

  1. 310 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Preaching Politics

The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page, Series Page, Title Page, Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. 1. The Quest for American Origins
  6. 2. Whitefield: Finding His Talents, Forming His Identity
  7. 3. American Identity
  8. 4. America Awakened
  9. 5. Toward Colonial Unification
  10. 6. The War against Arbitrary Power
  11. 7. The Deep-laid plot
  12. 8. A Blueprint for Revolution
  13. 9. The Legacy of Whitefield
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index