Rhetoric, religion, and the roots of identity in British colonial America

Introduction : roots of an American rhetoric / James R. Andrews -- Errand into mercy : rhetoric, identity, and community in John Winthrop's Model of Christian charity / Stephen H. Browne -- The rhetoric of Puritan biblical commentaries : John Cotton's A briefe exposition with practical obs...

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Contributors: Andrews, James R. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State University Press 2007
In: A rhetorical history of the United States (1)
Year: 2007
Series/Journal:A rhetorical history of the United States 1
Further subjects:B Rhetoric Religious aspects Christianity History
B Christian literature, American History and criticism
B United States Church history To 1775
B Rhetoric History United States
B English language Religious aspects Christianity History
B English language Rhetoric United States
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Summary:Introduction : roots of an American rhetoric / James R. Andrews -- Errand into mercy : rhetoric, identity, and community in John Winthrop's Model of Christian charity / Stephen H. Browne -- The rhetoric of Puritan biblical commentaries : John Cotton's A briefe exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes / Thomas H. Olbricht -- Puritan rhetoric and America's civil religion : a study of three special occasion sermons / Ronald F. Reid -- Roger Williams, religious liberty, and the Massachusetts Bay : a rhetorical history perspective / L. Raymond Camp -- The trials of Anne Hutchinson / William Wiethof -- Among friends : establishing an oratorical tradition among Quaker women in the early colonial era / Linda Webster -- Thou art but a youth : Thomas Chalkley enacts and defends the early Quaker impromptu sermon / Michael P. Graves -- Jonathan Edwards, the Great Awakening and Sinners in the hands of an angry God / John C. Adams and Stephen R. Yarbrough -- Rhetoric and religion in colonial Virginia : from the Great Awakening to the Declaration of Independence / C. Jan Swearingen
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0870137824