TY - BOOK AU - Chapp,Christopher B. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Religious rhetoric and American politics: the endurance of civil religion in electoral campaigns AV - BL2525 .C443 2012eb U1 - 324.7 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Religion and politics KW - United States KW - Rhetoric KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Political aspects KW - Identity politics KW - Civil religion KW - Political campaigns KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A theory of religious rhetoric in American campaigns -- Religious rhetoric in American political history -- Religious rhetoric and the politics of identity -- Religious rhetoric and the politics of emotive appeals -- The consequences of religious language on presidential candidate evaluations -- Civil religion identity and the task of political representation -- The rhetorical construction of religious constituencies; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "Examines the role of religious political rhetoric in American elections by analyzing both how political elites use religious language, and how voters respond to different expressions of religion in the public sphere"--Publisher's Web site UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10612410 ER -