Faithful Deliberation: Rhetorical Invention, Evangelicalism, and #MeToo Reckonings
ISBN-13: 9780817321208 Publisher: University of Alabama Press Publication date: 06/14/2022 Series: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique Edition description: First Edition, First Edition Pages: 216 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) Investigates the rhetorical practices used by contemporary evangelical Christian women to confront theological and cultural issues that stymie deliberation within their communities While often perceived as an insular enclave with a high level of in-group agreement about political and social issues, predominantly white evangelicalism includes prominent voices urging deliberation about appropriate responses to sexual abuse, domestic violence, and the discourses surrounding these traumas. In Faithful Deliberation: Rhetorical Invention, Evangelicalism, and #MeToo Reckonings, T J Geiger II examines theologically reflective rhetorical invention that reconfigures trauma-minimizing commonplaces in order to facilitate community-internal deliberation