An edition of Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom (2008)
Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom
The Exodus Narrative in America's Struggle for Civil Rights (Studies in Rhetoric and Religion) (Studies in Rhetoric and Religion)
By Gary S. Selby
Publish Date
February 15, 2008
Publisher
Baylor University Press
Language
eng
Pages
225
Description:
Gary Selby shows how Martin Luther King, Jr. used the biblical story of Exodus to motivate African Americans in their struggle for freedom from racial oppression. 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. Selby explains how King constructed a symbolic framework for interpreting the setbacks of the Civil Rights movement, even as he challenged them to remain faithful to the cause. - Publisher.
subjects: Rhetoric, Oratory, Language, Sermons, Civil rights, Christianity, Civil rights movements, The Exodus, African Americans, History, Vältalighet, Language and languages, Exodus, Kristendom, Social aspects, Politische Rede, Religiösa aspekter, Språk, Bürgerrechtsbewegung, Retorik, Political aspects, King, martin luther, jr., 1929-1968, Exodus, the, African americans, civil rights, Civil rights movements, united states, Religious aspects