Puritan rhetoric : the issue of emotion in religion / by Eugene E. White ; foreword by David Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Eugene Edmond, 1919-

Series:

Landmarks in rhetoric and public address.

Landmarks in rhetoric and public address

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enthusiasm--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Enthusiasm.

Puritans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009, c1972.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The nature of Puritanism in America and the role of emotion in religion is the subject of this important and useful collection of five religious orations, discussed and appraised by Professor White for students of Puritanism and rhetoric. The five orations presented here consist of three by Jonathan Edwards, Future Punishment, Distinguishing Marks, and The Nature of the Affections; one by Charles Chauncy, Enthusiasm Described and Caution d Against; and one by Ebenezer Gay, Natural Religion, as Distinguished from Revealed. In the first or introductory part of the book, Professor White discusses in considerable detail the broader implications of the confrontation between rationalists and revivalists in New England, represented by the following orations, during this most important upheaval in the Colonies prior to the Revolution. The orations themselves are arranged to represent the force and counterforce of reason versus emotionalism and the precarious balance maintained momentarily and, eventually, lost. And in the third part of the book Professor White provides critical analysis and suggested appraisal for further interpretation and inquiry. "

Contents:

Cover; Also in this Series; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part One: The Developing Exigence; The Inheritance; Transition and Culmination; The Great Awakening; Part Two: Readings; 1. The Future Punishment of the Wicked Unavoidable and Intolerable; 2. Distinguishing Marks; 3. Enthusiasm Described and Caution'd Against; 4. Concerning the Nature of the Affections, and Their Importance in Religion; 5. Natural Religion; Part Three: Inquiry; Strategies of Argument; Strategies of Style and Composition; Strategies of Disposition; Notes to Part One; Bibliography; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliography: p.213-215.

ISBN:

1-280-69784-9

9786613674807

0-8093-8679-8

OCLC:

847504990