By Jerome Dean Mahaffey
ISBN-10: 1602580847
ISBN-13: 9781602580848
ISBN-10: 1932792880
ISBN-13: 9781932792881
The 3rd quantity within the experiences in Rhetoric & faith sequence, Preaching Politics lines the stunning and lasting effect of 1 of yank history's such a lot attention-grabbing and enigmatic figures--George Whitefield. Jerome Mahaffey explores George Whitefield's function in making a "rhetoric of group" that effectively demonstrated a standard worldview among the colonial cultures. utilizing a rigorous approach to rhetorical research, Mahaffey cogently argues that George Whitefield directed the evolution of an American collective spiritual identification that lay beneath the rising political ideology that fueled the yank Revolution.
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Recognizing his future as a preacher, undoubtedly Whitefield took his preparation seriously. Scholars who whitefield 33 ascribe his penchant for eloquence and persuasive skills exclusively to an innate ability, ethos, acting skill, or market savvy, have overlooked Whitefield’s achievement of fluency in the mechanics of eloquence and his grasp of the psychology of persuasion—all gained through a rhetorical education far more rigorous than modern colleges provide. The combination of talent, study, and practice constitutes the three essential ingredients of fine oratory that teachers of rhetoric have emphasized since the time of rhetoric’s Greek origin.
Upon reading the book, Whitefield wrote: Though I had fasted, watched and prayed, and received the Sacrament so long, yet I never knew what true religion was. . ” . . ” God soon showed me; for in reading a few lines further, that “true religion was union of the soul with God and Christ formed within us,” a ray of Divine light was instantaneously darted in upon my soul and from that moment, but not till then, did I know that I must be a new creature. For Whitefield, becoming a new creature would require a conversion experience, an event not necessarily eschewed by Anglicans, but 28 CHAPTER TWO neglected and much more closely associated with Puritan practices in England.
Later in life, his sermons garnered the attention of the professional drama community in London, who simultaneously appreciated his talent while hating the financial competition. Interestingly, Whitefield never explicitly attributes his oratorical skills to drama, yet neither does he attribute his skills to a supernatural anointing, as clearly biased religious biographers have done. Perhaps, considering acting a sinful activity, he was not willing to acknowledge its role in developing his preaching skills.
Preaching Politics: The Religious Rhetoric of George Whitefield and the Founding of a New Nation (Studies in Rhetoric and Religion) by Jerome Dean Mahaffey
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