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Toward a Civil Discourse: Rhetoric and Fundamentalism » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Toward a Civil Discourse: Rhetoric and Fundamentalism by Sharon Crowley

Authors: Sharon Crowley
ISBN-13: 9780822959236, ISBN-10: 0822959232
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Date Published: May 2006
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Sharon Crowley

Sharon Crowley is professor of English at Arizona State University. She is the author of Composition in the University, The Methodical Memory, and the textbook Ancient Rhetorics for Contemporary Students.

Book Synopsis

Looks at ways to encourage American public discussion of issues that matter to democracy, particularly hoping to find arguments that can reach across the divide between liberalism and Christian fundamentalism in the discussion of civic issues. 

Table of Contents

1On (not) arguing about religion and politics1
2Speaking of rhetoric24
3Belief and passionate commitment58
4Apocalyptism102
5Ideas do have consequences : apocalyptism and the Christian Right133
6The truth is out there : acpocalyptism and conspiracy165
7How beliefs change189

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