{"product_id":"rhetoric-of-the-protestant-sermon-in-america-pulpit-discourse-at-the-turn-of-the-millennium-9781793620750","title":"Rhetoric of the Protestant Sermon in America:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Rhetoric of the Protestant Sermon in America: The Pulpit at the Turn of the Millennium, ten scholars analyze notable sermons from the fifty-year span between 1965 and 2015, during which the Protestant sermon has undergone significant change in the United States. Contributors examine how this turbulent time period witnessed a variety of important shifts in the arguments, evidences, and rhetorical strategies employed by contemporary preachers. Because religious practice is inextricably tangled in the culture, politics, and economy of its historical situation, the public expression of a faith is certain to move with the times. In their treatment of race, sex, gender, class, and citizenship, sermons apply ancient texts to current events and controversies, often to revealing effect. This collection, thoughtfully edited by Eric C. Miller and Jonathan J. Edwards, demonstrates how the genre of the Protestant sermon has evolved—or resisted evolution—across the years. Scholars of religion, rhetoric, communication, sociology, and cultural studies will find this book particularly useful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelighting the reader with the predictable—the Puritans and Jerry Falwell—and the unexpected—Nadia Bolz-Weber and Otis Moss III—, Eric C. Miller and Jonathan J. Edwards have curated nine ground-breaking essays that introduce fresh critiques of American preaching and preachers. Rhetoric of the Protestant Sermon in America: The Pulpit at the Turn of the Millennium is worthy of attention from scholar-practitioners of rhetoric and homiletics alike. Bravo to Miller and Edwards for this exceptional edited volume from provocative intellectuals. -- Daniel S. Brown Jr., Grove City College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – The Protestant Sermon in America  Eric C. Miller, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania  Chapter 1 – The Constitutive Sermon: Cotton, Winthrop, and the Long Puritan Legacy  Lauren Lemley, Abilene Christian University  Chapter 2 – The Opportunistic Sermon: Theology, Praxis, and Jerry Falwell  Meridith I. Styer, University of Maryland  Chapter 3 – The Apology Sermon: Jimmy Swaggart’s Mea Culpa   Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston-Victoria  Chapter 4 – The Self-Help Sermon: Prosperity Preaching in Pulpit and Print  Luke Winslow and Daniel Young, San Diego State University  Chapter 5 – The Political Sermon: Jeremiah Wright’s Partisan Paradox  Jonathan J. Edwards, University of South Carolina  Chapter 6 – The Leave Taking Sermon: Mark Driscoll and the Challenge of Authenticity  Robert Stephen Reid, University of Dubuque  Chapter 7 – The Confessional Sermon: Nadia Bolz-Weber’s Full Disclosure  Kelsey W. Minnick, University of Denver  Chapter 8 – The Coming Out Sermon: Brandan Robertson at the National Cathedral   Cory Geraths, Wabash College  Chapter 9 – The Prophetic Sermon: Otis Moss III Gets the Blues   Theon E. Hill, Wheaton College","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042645082455,"sku":"9781793620750","price":69.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rhetoric-of-the-protestant-sermon-in-america-pulpit-discourse-at-the-turn-of-the-millennium-9781793620750","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}