Sacred Rhetorical Education in 19th Century America - Austin Phelps At Andover Theological Seminary

List of contents

Introduction: Austin Phelps’s Theologically-Motivated Adaptation of 19th Century Rhetorical Education
Part I
Context and Motives for Austin Phelps’s Reshaping of 19th Century Rhetorical Education
Chapter 1: Austin Phelps’s 19th Century Context and Theological Motives
Chapter 2: Nineteenth-Century Sacred Rhetorical Education at Andover Theological Seminary
Part II
Vocational, Regenerative, Incarnate: Austin Phelps’s Sacred Rhetorical Pedagogy
Chapter 3: Vocational Rhetorical Pedagogy: Forming Pulpit Rhetors for a Divine Calling
Chapter 4: Regenerative Rhetorical Pedagogy: Redeeming Souls, Reforming Culture
Chapter 5: Incarnate Rhetorical Pedagogy: The Power of Preaching from Experience
Part III
Influence, Implications, and Prospects
Chapter 6: Tracing Legacy: Austin Phelps’s Influence on Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s Social Christianity
Chapter 7: Prospects for Scholarly Engagement with Religious Rhetorics and Methodological Considerations in Future Research

About the author

Michael-John DePalma is an Associate Professor of English and the Coordinator of Professional Writing and Rhetoric at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, U.S.

Summary

This book offers new insight into the ways rhetorical educators’ religious motives influenced the shape of nineteenth-century rhetorical education and invites scholars of writing and rhetoric to consider what the study of religiously-animated pedagogies might reveal about rhetorical education itself.

Product details

• Authors: Michael-John Depalma
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9780367418410
• ISBN: 978-0-367-41841-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; USA, EDUCATION / History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Religion & beliefs, History of Education, United States of America, USA, Teaching of a specific subject, Religion and beliefs