The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans
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The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans

How Presidential Candidates Use Religious Language in American Political Debate

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans

How Presidential Candidates Use Religious Language in American Political Debate

About this book

In this book, the presidential debates of 2000, 2004, and 2008 are analyzed in terms of linguistics, rhetoric, and religious context to offer a unique perspective on the styles, beliefs, and strategies of the two major parties and their candidates. In The Podium, the Pulpit, and the Republicans: How Presidential Candidates Use Religious Language in American Political Debate, a veteran minister analyzes the religious metaphors Republicans use at the podium and alleges that the party deliberately employs blaming tactics, fear metaphors, and coded references to apocalyptic judgment to sway undecided voters. Over the past 40 years, Frederick Stecker charges, the Republican Party has created fear for political expediency. Stecker's book traces the development of the Republican rhetoric of polarization and applies the linguistics-based "nation-as-a-family" political typology of George Lakoff to an analysis of the presidential debates of 2000, 2004, and 2008. He demonstrates how Republican candidates select their language and metaphors to signal adherence to rigid belief systems and simple, black-and-white choices in domestic and foreign policy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. 1: Parenting Models and Religious Beliefs
  7. 2: Tracing the Origins of the New Right
  8. 3: The Religious Right
  9. 4: Assessing the Impact
  10. 5: Politics 2000 and Beyond
  11. 6: America and the Presidency in a Post-9/11 World
  12. 7: Issues of Security: The 2004 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates
  13. 8: Religion and Induced Fear: The Stealth Manipulation of the American Public
  14. 9: The Residual Effects of the 2004 Presidential Contest
  15. 10: The Race to 2008: The Republicans, the Democrats, and Their Nominees
  16. 11: 2008: The Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the Prelude to the Presidential Debates
  17. 12: The 2008 Presidential Debates and the Presidential Election
  18. Afterword
  19. Notes
  20. Selected Bibliography
  21. Index