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The rhetoric of restoration: Alexander Campbell and the rhetoric of affect

Verkruyse, Peter Allan

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Title
The rhetoric of restoration: Alexander Campbell and the rhetoric of affect
Author(s)
Verkruyse, Peter Allan
Issue Date
1995
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Conley, Thomas M.
Department of Study
Communication
Discipline
Communication
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Biography
  • Religion, History of
  • Speech Communication
Language
eng
Abstract
"This work seeks to demonstrate the extent to which Alexander Campbell operationalized an ""affective"" philosophy of rhetoric which he acquired from the Scottish universities of the late eighteenth century. A significant figure in nineteenth century American religion, Campbell (1788-1866) thus represents a key link between this particular notion of rhetoric and American religious discourse. After tracing the antecedents of this rhetorical tradition, four significant rhetorical episodes in Campbell's career are subjected to close readings: The Sermon on the Law (1816), a series of four articles from ""The Restoration of the Ancient Order of Things"" which appeared in The Christian Baptist (1825), his responses to ""The Lunenburg Letter"" which appeared in The Millennial Harbinger (1837), and The Missionary Cause (1860). These case studies present evidence that Campbell consistently employed this ""affective"" philosophy of rhetoric in a representative and chronologically diverse selection of his discourse and that such a rhetoric is adversarial in its very essence."
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Copyright 1995 Verkruyse, Peter Allan

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