Laying Claim to a Christian America: Evangelical Narratives of Exceptionalism

This essay examines The Light and the Glory, From Sea to Shining Sea, and Sounding Forth the Trumpet—a trilogy of historical narratives written by Peter Marshall and David Manuel—to elucidate their rhetorical structures. Special attention is given to the way the narratives adhere to the structure o...

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Autor principal:	Karl Martin
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Lenguaje:	EN IT
Publicado:	Università degli Studi di Torino 2019
Materias:	American Exceptionalism, Christian America, Christian Right America E11-143 American literature PS1-3576
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:00eb5768e4eb4cdeadd373342f9b3b532021-11-23T14:21:27ZLaying Claim to a Christian America: Evangelical Narratives of Exceptionalism10.13135/2612-5641/28922612-5641https://doaj.org/article/00eb5768e4eb4cdeadd373342f9b3b532019-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jamit/article/view/2892https://doaj.org/toc/2612-5641 This essay examines The Light and the Glory, From Sea to Shining Sea, and Sounding Forth the Trumpet—a trilogy of historical narratives written by Peter Marshall and David Manuel—to elucidate their rhetorical structures. Special attention is given to the way the narratives adhere to the structure of the American jeremiad as defined by Sacvan Bercovitch and how they are informed by apocalyptic providentialism as defined by Nicholas Guyatt. Revealing the narrative structures allows us to see how the authors merge God’s salvation history with the secular history of the United States and, thereby, treat American history as sacred. By understanding historical narratives such as the ones constructed by Marshall and Manuel, we can better understand how a large portion of the United States population understands themselves and their nation’s role in history. Karl MartinUniversità degli Studi di TorinoarticleAmerican Exceptionalism, Christian America, Christian RightAmericaE11-143American literaturePS1-3576ENITJAm It!, Iss 1 (2019)
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description	This essay examines The Light and the Glory, From Sea to Shining Sea, and Sounding Forth the Trumpet—a trilogy of historical narratives written by Peter Marshall and David Manuel—to elucidate their rhetorical structures. Special attention is given to the way the narratives adhere to the structure of the American jeremiad as defined by Sacvan Bercovitch and how they are informed by apocalyptic providentialism as defined by Nicholas Guyatt. Revealing the narrative structures allows us to see how the authors merge God’s salvation history with the secular history of the United States and, thereby, treat American history as sacred. By understanding historical narratives such as the ones constructed by Marshall and Manuel, we can better understand how a large portion of the United States population understands themselves and their nation’s role in history.
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Laying Claim to a Christian America: Evangelical Narratives of Exceptionalism

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