A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric

A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric

This thesis uses principles from Burke's Rhetoric of Identification to examine how apocalyptic prophecies foster and maintain an apocalyptic group identity. Jehovah's Witnesses were used as a sample apocalyptic group because they comprise a group with a heavy textual and symbolic focus on...

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Main Author: Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth
Format: Others
Published: CSUSB ScholarWorks 2011
Subjects:
Jehovah's Witnesses
English language Rhetoric
Apocalyptic literature
Jehovah's Witnesses.
Christian Denominations and Sects
Rhetoric
Online Access:https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3315
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4399&context=etd-project

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https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3315
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4399&context=etd-project

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