Redemption by Grace: A Rhetorical Analysis of Hoosiers
We contend that the 1986 film Hoosiers reconstructs the conventional narrative device of redemption, and that a rhetorical assessment offers a valuable means of explaining the film's continuing popularity. Hoosiers demonstrates that redemption can emerge from grace and not necessarily through v...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2006]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2006, Volume: 14, Issue: 1 |
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| Summary: | We contend that the 1986 film Hoosiers reconstructs the conventional narrative device of redemption, and that a rhetorical assessment offers a valuable means of explaining the film's continuing popularity. Hoosiers demonstrates that redemption can emerge from grace and not necessarily through victimage, scapegoating or personal sacrifice. The essay approaches the concept of redemption from a Judeo-Christian interpretation of grace as contrasted with a dramatistic perspective that redemption must be earned. We conclude that grace offers a compelling alternative method of discovering and analyzing redemption narratives in popular culture texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.14.1.005 |