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The American Jeremiad
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Author : Sacvan Bercovitch
language : en
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
Release Date : 2012-04-19
The American Jeremiad written by Sacvan Bercovitch and has been published by University of Wisconsin Pres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
When Sacvan Bercovitch’s The American Jeremiad first appeared in 1978, it was hailed as a landmark study of dissent and cultural formation in America, from the Puritans’ writings through the major literary works of the antebellum era. For this long-awaited anniversary edition, Bercovitch has written a deeply thoughtful and challenging new preface that reflects on his classic study of the role of the political sermon, or jeremiad, in America from a contemporary perspective, while assessing developments in the field of American studies and the culture at large.
The American Jeremiad
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Author : Samuel P. Bell-Hart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The American Jeremiad written by Samuel P. Bell-Hart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Christianity and politics categories.
African American Jeremiad Rev
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Author : David Howard-Pitney
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2005-08-18
African American Jeremiad Rev written by David Howard-Pitney and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-18 with History categories.
Begun by Puritans, the American jeremiad, a rhetoric that expresses indignation and urges social change, has produced passionate and persuasive essays and speeches throughout the nation's history. Showing that black leaders have employed this verbal tradition of protest and social prophecy in a way that is specifically African-American, David Howard-Pitney examines the jeremiads of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, W.E. B. DuBois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X, as well as more contemporary figures such as Jesse Jackson and Alan Keyes. This revised and expanded edition demonstrates that the African American jeremiad is a still vibrant tradition, serving as a barometer of faith in America's perfectibility and hope for social justice. Features: a new chapter on Malcolm X updated discussion of Jesse Jackson new discussion of Alan Keyes
Origins Of The African American Jeremiad
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Author : Willie J. Harrell, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2011-10-14
Origins Of The African American Jeremiad written by Willie J. Harrell, Jr. and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the moralistic texts of jeremiadic discourse, authors lament the condition of society, utilizing prophecy as a means of predicting its demise. This study delves beneath the socio-religious and cultural exterior of the American jeremiadic tradition to unveil the complexities of African American jeremiadic rhetoric in antebellum America. It examines the development of the tradition in response to slavery, explores its contributions to the antebellum social protest writings of African Americans, and evaluates the role of the jeremiad in the growth of an African American literary genre. Despite its situation within an unreceptive environment, the African American jeremiad maintained its power, continuing to influence contemporary African American literary and cultural traditions.
The American Jeremiad In Civil War Literature
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Author : Jacob Hadley Stratman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The American Jeremiad In Civil War Literature written by Jacob Hadley Stratman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Rhetoric categories.
In the first half of the study, I show how Whitman and Melville use religious language, Biblical allusions, and the framework of the jeremiad to persuade the country to remember the sacrifices made during the war and to remember God's call to the founders of the nation to remain united and whole---essentially, to secede is to defy God. In the second half of the study, I show how Christian writers publicly responded to slavery and its influence on the war. Both Whittier and Stowe use their craft and elements of the jeremiad to preach the gospel of nonresistance and freedom, persuade Americans to fight against slavery, and ultimately unite the nation around Christ's teachings of peace and unity.
Prodigal Nation
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Author : Andrew R. Murphy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-05
Prodigal Nation written by Andrew R. Murphy and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-05 with Religion categories.
"Original and wide-ranging, Murphy's discerning and important study is another reminder that America is 'the nation with the soul of a church.'" -Journal of American History "A wide-ranging and thoughtful meditation on how the theo-political stories we Americans tell ourselves resonate with and sometimes even create the communities we inhabit. This book deserves an honored place among the oeuvre of work by political scientists and historians on the jeremiad." -- Politics and Religion "A significant contribution to the historical account of the role of religion in American politics." --Perspectives on Politics "Prodigal Nation is a careful account of how theologies function politically and deserves attention from political scientists, political theologians, American historians, and others interested in the interface of religion and culture." --Religious Studies Review "This highly original and wonderfully written analysis will be invaluable to anyone interested in the meaning of America." --Harry S. Stout, author of The New England Soul and Upon the Altar of the Nation "A brilliant analysis of the American jeremiad. Elegant, powerful, hopeful, and wise - Prodigal Nation is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the fitful history of the American spirit." --James A. Morone, author of Hellfire Nation and The Democratic Wish
Words Of Crisis As Words Of Power
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Author : Marta Neüff
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Release Date : 2018-05-15
Words Of Crisis As Words Of Power written by Marta Neüff and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The volume explores crisis rhetoric in contemporary U.S. American presidential speechmaking. Rhetorical leadership constitutes an inherent feature of the modern presidency. Particularly during times of critical events, the president is expected to react and address the nation. However, the power of the office also allows him or her to direct attention to particular topics and thus rhetorically create or exploit the notion of crisis. This monograph examines the verbal responses of George W. Bush and Barack Obama to pressing issues during their terms in office. Assuming an interdisciplinary approach, it illuminates the characteristics of modern crisis rhetoric. The aim of the book is to show that elements of Puritan rhetoric, and specifically the tradition of the jeremiad, although taken out of their original context and modified to suit a modern multiethnic society, can still be detected in contemporary political communication. It will be of interest to students and scholars of presidential rhetoric, political communication, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies.
African American Jeremiad Rev
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Author : David Howard-Pitney
language : en
Publisher: Temple University Press
Release Date : 2005-09-28
African American Jeremiad Rev written by David Howard-Pitney and has been published by Temple University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-28 with History categories.
Begun by Puritans, the American jeremiad, a rhetoric that expresses indignation and urges social change, has produced passionate and persuasive essays and speeches throughout the nation's history. Showing that black leaders have employed this verbal tradition of protest and social prophecy in a way that is specifically African American, David Howard-Pitney examines the jeremiads of Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X, as well as more contemporary figures such as Jesse Jackson and Alan Keyes. This revised and expanded edition demonstrates that the African American jeremiad is still vibrant, serving as a barometer of faith in America's perfectibility and hope for social justice.This new edition features: * A new chapter on Malcolm X * An updated discussion of Jesse Jackson * A new discussion of Alan Keyes
Modern Jeremiahs
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Author : Mark Stephen Jendrysik
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2008
Modern Jeremiahs written by Mark Stephen Jendrysik and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
This book identifies where modern Jeremiahs place the sources of national decline and their purposed solutions and its analysis also reveals the central problem faced by this form of writing: the need to balance condemnation of certain practices within the democratic polity with calls for repentance. For these writers and political actors, the tensions created by these demands prove impossible to resolve, as the modern jeremiad further divides an already divided nation.
Harriet Beecher Stowe S Uncle Tom S Cabin An American Jeremiad In The Antebellum Theological Debate Over Slavery
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Author : Benjamin Plett
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2023-11-28
Harriet Beecher Stowe S Uncle Tom S Cabin An American Jeremiad In The Antebellum Theological Debate Over Slavery written by Benjamin Plett and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar), course: 19th Century Woman Writers, language: English, abstract: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 engendered an “extraordinary rise of northern antislavery and abolition sentiment” (Stauffer 2010), in the context of which Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written. Overall, however, the law only marked one aggravation of the political dispute over slavery, which started in the earliest days of the Republic and culminated in the Civil War of 1861-1865. From the beginning, this conflict had also been fought on theological grounds. At the heart of it lay the question of biblical interpretation, as no definite and common answer with regard to slavery could be discovered in the Scriptures. But since the Bibel was generally perceived as the authoritative revelation of God and therefore penetrated all aspects of American society, it was a fundamental question. At the time when Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published, those in support of the proslavery scriptural position clearly held the stronger arguments. According to their literal reading, the Bible evidently sanctioned slavery. It was in this context, that Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in 1852. It became the second best-selling book of the nineteenth century after the Bible. The effect the novel had was so far-reaching that Abraham Lincoln famously credited it for initiating the Civil War. Molly Oshatz is of the opinion that Stowe became “the most persuasive antislavery moderate of all” because she “avoided biblical argumentation in favour of narrative” (2012). What this theory does not take into account is how “heavily sermonic, prophetic, and apocalyptic” the book as a whole – including the narrative – is (Petter Westra 1994). Stowe did not perceive herself as a writer of literature but rather as a historian, who construed the events of her time in the predetermined history of salvation from the Fall to the Final Judgement. As a sermon delivered to the nation, her book is much more than a mere sentimental novel. It is part of the traditional genre scholars have entitled the “American jeremiad”.