Rhetoric, religion, and tragic violence: sacred succor and rancor
"Sacred words often provide succor, summoned to comfort individual victims and entire communities ravaged by acts of violence. History also demonstrates, however, that religious discourse, like rhetoric itself, functions as a pharmakon-both a remedy and a poison. Religious discourse evoked to i...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York Berlin
Peter Lang
[2025]
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| In: |
Speaking of religion (vol. 4)
Year: 2025 |
| Series/Journal: | Speaking of religion
vol. 4 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Violence
/ Religious language
/ Rhetoric
/ Speech
B Religion / Discourse / Rhetoric / Speech B Religion / Discourse / Rhetoric / Aggressiveness |
| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Speeches
B Speeches, addresses, etc B Spring |
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