"Texts by, for, and about preachers from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries reveal an intense interest in preacher's human nature and its intersection with his "angelic" role. Far from simply denigrating embodiment or excluding it from consideration, these works recognize i…
Claire M. Waters offers an original examination of the preacher's unique role as an intermediary--standing between heaven and earth, between God and people, participating in and responsible to both sides of that divide.
"Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors explores how marginalized groups craft legitimacy for themselves by strategically employing rhetorical devices. This monograph draws upon archival research to conduct a pan-historical (1850s-present) analysis of the legitimacy strategie…
"Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors explores how marginalized groups craft legitimacy for themselves by strategically employing rhetorical devices. This monograph draws upon archival research to conduct a pan-historical (1850s-present) analysis of the legitimacy strategie…
"Legitimization of Mormon Feminist Rhetors explores how marginalized groups craft legitimacy for themselves by strategically employing rhetorical devices. This monograph draws upon archival research to conduct a pan-historical (1850s-present) analysis of the legitimacy strategie…
"This book synthesizes Jacque Derridas hauntology and spectrality with affect theory in order to create a rhetorical framework analyzing the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts. The book opens with a history of hauntology, spectrality, and affect theory and how…
This book synthesizes Jacque Derridas hauntology and spectrality with affect theory in order to create a rhetorical framework analyzing the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts. The book opens with a history of hauntology, spectrality, and affect theory and how …
This study locates pre-gospel orality and gospel literacy within Greco-Roman rhetorical norms for education and performance. Heavy use of a few basic rhetorical conventions marks the gospel tradition as a marginal yet rhetorically competent attempt to create a Christian public. …
"It is perhaps a truism to note that ancient religion and rhetoric were closely intertwined in Greek and Roman antiquity. Religion is embedded in socio-political, legal and cultural institutions and structures, while also being influenced, or even determined, by them. Rhetoric i…
