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Faithful Persuasion - In Aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology (Hardcover, New)
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Faithful Persuasion - In Aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology (Hardcover, New)
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Over the past twenty years, scholars in a wide variety of academic
disciplines have been giving increasing attention to rhetoric - the
study of persuasive argument. In Faithful Persuasion David S.
Cunningham offers the contemporary era's first sustained account of
the relationship between rhetoric and Christian theology.
Cunningham argues that Christian thinkers should abandon their
attempts to codify argumentation within the canons of formal logic
and suggests that they should instead come to a more organic
understanding of the process of persuasion. This rhetorical
approach to theology can cast new light on longstanding theological
controversies and establish a new agenda for the study of the
methods, sources, and norms of Christian theology. Drawing chiefly
upon the rhetorical insights of Aristotle, and on the
reappropriation of Aristotle's views by numerous modern
rhetoricians - ranging from John Henry Newman to Kenneth Burke and
Chaim Perelman - Cunningham establishes a firm foundation from
which to support his central assertion that "Christian theology can
best be understood as a form of persuasive argument". In addition,
he explores the implications of a rhetorical method for studies in
doctrinal formulation, biblical exegesis, and church history.
Written for theologians, clergy members, and laypeople with a
strong interest in theology, this book will introduce readers to
the richness of the rhetorical tradition and its important
implications for the discipline of Christian theology.
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