{"product_id":"religious-rhetoric-and-american-politics-the-endurance-of-civil-religion-in-electoral-campaigns-hardback-9780801451263","title":"Religious Rhetoric and American Politics; The Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns (Hardback) 9780801451263","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReligious Rhetoric and American Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher B. Chapp (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801451263\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 19 figures, 1 table - 16 Halftones, black and white - 20 Graphs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this very impressive bookChapp provides the first systematic treatment of the use of religious rhetoric in American politics.... \u003ci\u003eReligious Rhetoric and American Politics\u003c\/i\u003e provides a thorough review of a largely under studied phenomenon.\" —J. Christopher Soper\u003c\/p\u003e (American Historical Review) \u003cp\u003eThis brief but valuable volume provides a rich history of the use of religious rhetoric throughout American political history from the Puritans to the founders, through the Civil War, Progressive Era, Cold War, and contemporary politics, and it evaluates the impact of emotion and tone in the use of that rhetoric.... This book would be useful to the historian and political scientist alike.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eWhether we like it or not, religious rhetoric is part of the American political landscape, but this book provides some sorely needed perspective for policymakers seeking to understand what kind of spiritual language appeals to most Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e (Conscience)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Reagan's regular invocation of America as \"a city on a hill\" to Obama's use of spiritual language in describing social policy, religious rhetoric is a regular part of how candidates communicate with voters.\u003c\/b\u003e Although the Constitution explicitly forbids a religious test as a qualification to public office, many citizens base their decisions about candidates on their expressed religious beliefs and values. In Religious Rhetoric and American Politics, Christopher B. Chapp shows that Americans often make political choices because they identify with a \"civil religion,\" not because they think of themselves as cultural warriors.. Chapp 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapp analyzes the content and context of political speeches and draws on survey data, historical evidence, and controlled experiments to evaluate how citizens respond to religious stumping. Effective religious rhetoric, he finds, is characterized by two factors—emotive cues and invocations of collective identity—and these factors regularly shape the outcomes of American presidential elections and the dynamics of political representation. While we tend to think that certain issues (e.g., abortion) are invoked to appeal to specific religious constituencies who vote solely on such issues, Chapp shows that religious rhetoric is often more encompassing and less issue-specific. He concludes that voter identification with an American civic religion remains a driving force in American elections, despite its potentially divisive undercurrents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. A Theory of Religious Rhetoric in American Campaigns2. Religious Rhetoric in American Political History3. Religious Rhetoric and the Politics of Identity4. Religious Rhetoric and the Politics of Emotive Appeals5. The Consequences of Religious Language on Presidential Candidate Evaluations6. Civil Religion Identity and the Task of Political Representation7. The Rhetorical Construction of Religious Constituencies\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541697360152,"sku":"9780801451263","price":34.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/religious-rhetoric-and-american-politics-the-endurance-of-civil-religion-in-electoral-campaigns-hardback-9780801451263","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}