Spiritual modalities : prayer as rhetoric and performance /

Explores prayer as a rhetorical art, examining situations, strategies and performative modes of discourse directed to the divine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: FitzGerald, William, 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Prayer: the rediscovered country
  • Prayer and its situations: meditation on Kairos and Krisis
  • "Hear us, o Lord": audience and address in communicating with the divine
  • Invocations of spirit: prayer as speech act
  • Dance of attitude: prayer as the performance of reverence
  • Performing the Memorare: prayer as a rhetorical art of memory
  • Bodies and spirits in virtual motion: prayer and delivery in cyberspace.