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Metanoia : rhetoric, authenticity, and the transformation of the self / Adam Ellwanger ; with a foreword by Pat J. Gehrke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellwanger, Adam, 1978- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Self.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Examines the concept of metanoia as both a rhetorical figure of speech and a critical tool for the analysis of self-reinventions of all kinds, including conversions related to race, sex, religion, and politics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : toward an analytic conception of metanoia
- Taking it back : the history of rhetorical metanoia in the classical tradition and beyond
- Crucifying the old man : Christian metanoic testimony and the changing of the heart
- Finding yourself : metanoia, epistrophe, and the ontology of the modern ethos
- Conclusion : afterthoughts; past, present, and future selves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271086804
- 0271086807
- 9780271086781
- 0271086785
- OCLC:
- 1144811437
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