The rhetoric of restoration: Alexander Campbell and the rhetoric of affect

"This work seeks to demonstrate the extent to which Alexander Campbell operationalized an ""affective"" philosophy of rhetoric which he acquired from the Scottish universities of the late eighteenth century. A significant figure in nineteenth century American religion, Campbell (1788-1866) thus represents a key link between this particular notion of rhetoric and American religious discourse. After tracing the antecedents of this rhetorical tradition, four significant rhetorical episodes in Campbell's career are subjected to close readings: The Sermon on the Law (1816), a series of four articles from ""The Restoration of the Ancient Order of Things"" which appeared in The Christian Baptist (1825), his responses to ""The Lunenburg Letter"" which appeared in The Millennial Harbinger (1837), and The Missionary Cause (1860). These case studies present evidence that Campbell consistently employed this ""affective"" philosophy of rhetoric in a representative and chronologically diverse selection of his discourse and that such a rhetoric is adversarial in its very essence."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Verkruyse, Peter Allan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Conley, Thomas M.

• Biography
• Religion, History of
• Speech Communication

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Verkruyse, Peter Allan

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543756
(UMI)AAI9543756

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22812