Prophecy without Contempt : : Religious Discourse in the Public Square / / Cathleen Kaveny.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Kaveny, Cathleen,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction --; I. The State of Public Discourse: Three Incomplete Explanations --; 1. Alasdair MacIntyre: Fractured Moral Traditions --; 2. John Rawls: Contests of Public Reason --; 3. Carter and Cuddihy: Constraints of Civility --; II. The Jeremiad and Its Evolution: A Historical Exploration --; 4. The American Jeremiad: Covenant, Complaint, and Controversy --; 5. From Consensus to Division: The Jeremiad’s Shifting Role in American Political Life --; III. The State of Public Discourse: A Rhetorical Analysis --; 6. Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation: Identifying the Differences --; 7. Prophetic Indictment and Practical Deliberation: Describing the Relationship --; IV. Toward an Ethic of Prophetic Rhetoric: Compassionate and Humble Truth Telling --; 8. Best Practices: Styles of Prophetic Indictment --; 9. Prophecy, Irony, and Humility: Lessons from Lincoln and Jonah --; Conclusion --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674969407; 9783110638585
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674969407
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Cathleen Kaveny.

The culture wars have as much to do with rhetorical style as moral substance. Cathleen Kaveny focuses on a powerful stream of religious discourse in American political speech: the Biblical rhetoric of prophetic indictment. It can be strong medicine against threats to the body politic, she shows, but used injudiciously it does more harm than good.