Title
- Studies In Rhetoric And Religion ; 5
Attribution
Gary S. SelbyPublication Details
BookBaylor University Press2008Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E185.97.K5 S45 2008 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Through an examination of King’s major speeches, Selby illuminates the ways in which King drew from the Exodus narrative to offer his listeners a structure that explained their present circumstances, urged united action, and provided the conviction that they would succeed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- King, Martin Luther, — Jr., — 1929-1968 — Oratory
- King, Martin Luther, — Jr., — 1929-1968 — Language
- Exodus, The — Sermons
- Exodus, The
- Rhetoric — Religious aspects — Christianity — History — 20th century
- Rhetoric — Political aspects — United States — History — 20th century
- Rhetoric — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
- African Americans — Civil rights — History — 20th century
- Civil rights movements — Southern States — History — 20th century
- Civil rights movements — United States — History — 20th century
Contents
- Rhetoric and social movements
- Let my people go : the Exodus in African American cultural history
- The Red Sea has opened : King’s "Death of evil on the seashore" sermon
- Broken aloose from Egypt : the Exodus in King’s Montgomery Bus Boycott rhetoric
- Reaching out for Canaan : King’s "Birth of a new nation" sermon
- I’ve been to the mountaintop : King as the movement’s Moses
- Keep the movement moving : the Birmingham Protest
ISBN
- 9781602580169
- 1602580162
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