RT Book T1 The politics of sacred rhetoric: absolutist appeals and political persuasion T2 Studies in rhetoric and religion JF Studies in rhetoric and religion A1 Marietta, Morgan LA English PP Waco, Tex. PB Baylor Univ. Press YR 2012 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/666136424 NO Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Sacred rhetoric in American politics -- Values and value conflict, sacred values, and sacred rhetoric -- The reasoning effect: sacred rhetoric and deliberation -- The activation effect: sacred rhetoric and participation -- "From my cold, dead hands": sacred rhetoric and social movements -- The absolutist advantage: sacred rhetoric in the Bush era -- Sacred rhetoric from Carter to Clinton: the 1976-1996 presidential debates -- Sacred rhetoric, the 2008 campaigns, and the Democratic Party -- Conclusion: "a cure for thought and the diseases it breeds" CN BL2525 SN 9781602583863 SN 1602583862 K1 Religion And Politics : United States K1 Ethical absolutism : Political aspects : United States K1 Rhetoric : Political aspects : United States K1 Rhetoric : Religious aspects K1 Religion and politics : United States K1 Hochschulschrift