Rhetoric, Power, and Community: An Exercise in Reserve - Couverture souple

Jasper, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1606088319 ISBN 13 : 9781606088319

Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2009

Synopsis

Rhetoric has returned vigorously to the agenda of a number of academic disciplines. Aristotle defended the art of rhetoric, while Plato was suspicious of its manipulative power to persuade. This study examines rhetoric in the context of different kinds of religious texts, from sacred scripture, to liturgy, to contemporary and postmodern writing and religion. How does the believing community negotiate rhetorical power-games which may be exercised upon it, and do we have to be bold to see the ironies and the joke which may be played upon us in the name of the truth of religion? This book is an exercise in rhetoric which is itself suspicious of the rhetorical arts. Its concerns are profoundly theological, though perhaps offensive to theology as it is often practiced in the church and the academy. It offers no conclusion, but perhaps a way of exploring and of looking afresh.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Jasper is Changjing Chair Professor at Renmin University of China

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf and Stock
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1606088319
• ISBN 13: 9781606088319
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible