Spiritual Modalities Prayer As Rhetoric and Performance

Name: Spiritual Modalities Prayer As Rhetoric and Performance
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ISBN: 9780271056227

ISBN-10: 0271056223

ISBN-13: 9780271056227

Edition: 2012

Authors: William FitzGerald

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"Explores prayer as a rhetorical art, examining situations, strategies, and performative modes of discourse directed to the divine"--Provided by publisher.

Book details

List price: $86.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/23/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.946



Acknowledgments


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: Prayer: The Rediscovered Country



Prayer and Its Situations: Meditation on Kairos and Krisis



"Hear Us, O Lord": Audience and Address in Communicating with the Divine



Invocations of Spirit: Prayer as Speech Act



The Dance of Attitude: Prayer as the Performance of Reverence



Performing the Memorare: Prayer as a Rhetorical Art of Memory



Bodies and Spirits in Virtual Motion: Prayer and Delivery in Cyberspace


Conclusion: Does Rhetoric Have a Prayer?


Notes


Works Cited


Index