Title Presidential campaign rhetoric in an age of confessional politics / Brian T. Kaylor

Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 255 p.) Series Lexington studies in political communication Lexington studies in political communication. Contents Carter and Reagan -- Bush and Clinton -- W. Bush and Obama -- Confessional politics -- Societal religious-political shifts -- Implications from the confessional booth Summary "When a Bible-quoting Sunday School teacher, Jimmy Carter, won the 1976 presidential election, it marked the start of a new era of presidential campaign discourse. The successful candidates since then have followed Carter's lead in publicly testifying about their personal religious beliefs and invoking God to justify their public policy positions and their political visions. With this new confessional political style, the candidates have repudiated the former perspective of a civil-religious contract that kept political leaders from being too religious and religious leaders from being too political. Presidential Campaign Rhetoric in the Age of Confessional Politics analyzes the religious-political discourse used by presidential nominees from 1976-2008, and then describes key characteristics of their confessional rhetoric that represent a substantial shift from the tenets of the civil-religious contract. This new confessional political style is characterized by religious-political rhetoric that is testimonial, partisan, sectarian, and liturgical in nature. In order to understand why candidates have radically adjusted their God talk on the campaign trail, important religious-political shifts in American society since the 1950s are examined, which demonstrate the rhetorical demands evangelical religious leaders have placed upon our would-be national leaders. Brian T. Kaylor utilizes Michel Foucault's work on the confession - with theoretical adjustments - to critique the significant problems of the confessional political era."--pub. desc Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-249) and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 21st century Presidents -- United States -- Election. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Communication in politics Political campaigns Politics and government Presidents -- Election Rhetoric -- Political aspects SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467 United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021697488 ISBN 9780739148808 073914880X 1283084651 9781283084659 9786613084651 6613084654

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