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
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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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spelling	ndltd-csusb.edu-oai-scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu-etd-project-43992019-10-23T03:34:57Z A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth 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 the apocalypse. 2011-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3315 https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4399&context=etd-project Theses Digitization Project CSUSB ScholarWorks Jehovah's Witnesses English language Rhetoric Apocalyptic literature Apocalyptic literature English language Rhetoric Jehovah's Witnesses. Christian Denominations and Sects Rhetoric
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spellingShingle	Jehovah's Witnesses English language Rhetoric Apocalyptic literature Apocalyptic literature English language Rhetoric Jehovah's Witnesses. Christian Denominations and Sects Rhetoric Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric
description	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 the apocalypse.
author	Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth
author_facet	Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth
author_sort	Kacarab, Katherine Elizabeth
title	A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric
title_short	A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric
title_full	A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric
title_fullStr	A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric
title_full_unstemmed	A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric
title_sort	burkean analysis of jehovah's witness apocalyptic rhetoric
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A Burkean analysis of Jehovah's Witness apocalyptic rhetoric

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