Sacred Rhetorical Education in 19th Century America - 9780367418410

Taylor & Francis

Sacred Rhetorical Education in 19th Century AmericaAustin Phelps at Andover Theological Seminary\nAuthor(s): Michael-John DePalma\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367418410, 978-0367418410\nSynopsis\nThis 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.\n\nThe author studies the rhetorical pedagogy of Austin Phelps, the prominent preacher and professor of sacred rhetoric at Andover Theological Seminary, and his theologically-motivated adaptation of rhetorical education to fit the exigencies of preachers at the first graduate seminary in the United States. In disclosing how Phelps was guided by his Christian motives, the book offers a thorough examination of how professio.