Persuasions of God by Paul Lynch
Explores Rene Girards mimetic theory and repurposes it to invent a post-Christian theorhetoric, a new way of speaking to, for, and especially about God. Advocates a rhetoric of meekness that conscientiously refuses rivalry, actively exploits tradition through complicit invention, and boldly seeks a holiness free of exclusionary violence.“Persuasions of God makes a major contribution to critical conversations concerning rhetoric and religionAs a post-Christian intervention, it deals skillfully with Jewish and Christian scriptures and especially with Christian theological literature as well as relevant work in rhetorical theory. As in his earlier scholarship, Paul Lynch is here not only in dialogue with various disciplinary communities; he also explicitly discusses and exemplifies how such dialogue should generously take place.”
—Steven Mailloux,author of Rhetoric’s Pragmatism: Essays in Rhetorical Hermeneutics
“Persuasions of God is a theological and rhetorical masterpiece. Integrating a wide range of voices and resources, Lynch’s work achieves a remarkable integration—and simultaneous unsettling—of the boundaries between rhetoric and religion under the banner of ‘Theorhetoric.’ Persuasions is a work with profound implications for the fields of rhetoric and religious studies in the context of what Lynch identifies as a post-secular and post-Christian Kairos. It is a brilliant and beautifully written book.”
—Christian O. Lundberg,author of Lacan in Public: Psychoanalysis and the Science of Rhetoric
Paul Lynch is Associate Professor of English at Saint Louis University. He is the author of After Pedagogy: The Experience of Teaching and a coeditor of Rhetoric and Religion in the Twenty-First Century:Pluralism in a Postsecular Age and Thinking with Bruno Latour in Rhetoric and Composition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271097091 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271097094 |
| Title | Persuasions of God |
| Author | Paul Lynch |
| Series | Rsa Series In Transdisciplinary Rhetoric |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2024-02-20 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
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