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Official And Unofficial Civil Religious Discourse, Steven R. Goldzwig
Official And Unofficial Civil Religious Discourse, Steven R. Goldzwig
College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications
This essay discusses Roderick P. Hart's unique contribution to the scholarly investigation of civil religion in America. The essay also comments on traditional rhetorical constructions of civil religious discourse manifest in the presidential public address of George W. Bush. The essay concludes by offering evaluative commentary on three sets of innate tensions that complicate rhetorical constructions of civil religion: Church and state, republicanism and liberalism, and pluralism and secularism.
"Woman Arise!": Political Work In The Writings Of Lu Dalton, Sheree Maxwell Bench
"Woman Arise!": Political Work In The Writings Of Lu Dalton, Sheree Maxwell Bench
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In 1872, Mormon plural wife, educator, and suffragist Lucinda Lee Dalton began writing fiery political essays and insightful poetry for the Woman's Exponent from her small community in southern Utah. Through her writings Dalton endeavors to shape the opinions of Exponent readers by working within public discourse toward the goal of equality for women. At times both optimistic and troubled, she uses the rhetorical strategies of humor, irony, reason, identification, and persuasion to educate men and women on disparities and to encourage women to participate actively in their own emancipation. She often engages in a dialogical process with other writers …