02241nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10612410 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120422s2012 nyuad sb 001 0 eng d 2012016338 9780801451263 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801465680 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)814705802 n-us--- BL2525 .C443 2012eb 324.7 23 Chapp, Christopher B., 1979- Religious rhetoric and American politics [electronic resource] : the endurance of civil religion in electoral campaigns / Christopher B. Chapp. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012. xiii, 173 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. A theory of religious rhetoric in American campaigns -- Religious rhetoric in American political history -- Religious rhetoric and the politics of identity -- Religious rhetoric and the politics of emotive appeals -- The consequences of religious language on presidential candidate evaluations -- Civil religion identity and the task of political representation -- The rhetorical construction of religious constituencies. "Examines the role of religious political rhetoric in American elections by analyzing both how political elites use religious language, and how voters respond to different expressions of religion in the public sphere"--Publisher's Web site. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Religion and politics United States. Rhetoric Religious aspects Christianity. Rhetoric Political aspects United States. Identity politics United States. Civil religion United States. Political campaigns United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10612410 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 103372 103372