Faithful Persuasion

In Aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology

By: David S. Cunningham

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Hardcover | 28 February 1991

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Over the past twenty years, scholars in a wide variety of academic disciplines have been giving increasing attention to rhetoric - the study of persuasive argument. In Faithful Persuasion David S. Cunningham offers the contemporary era's first sustained account of the relationship between rhetoric and Christian theology.
Cunningham argues that Christian thinkers should abandon their attempts to codify argumentation within the canons of formal logic and suggests that they should instead come to a more organic understanding of the process of persuasion. This rhetorical approach to theology can cast new light on longstanding theological controversies and establish a new agenda for the study of the methods, sources, and norms of Christian theology.
Drawing chiefly upon the rhetorical insights of Aristotle, and on the reappropriation of Aristotle's views by numerous modern rhetoricians - ranging from John Henry Newman to Kenneth Burke and Chaim Perelman - Cunningham establishes a firm foundation from which to support his central assertion that "Christian theology can best be understood as a form of persuasive argument." In addition, he explores the implications of a rhetorical method for studies in doctrinal formulation, biblical exegesis, and church history.
Written for theologians, clergy members, and laypeople with a strong interest in theology, this book will introduce readers to the richness of the rhetorical tradition and its important implications for the discipline of Christian theology.

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This work will be widely appreciated by many. Certainly it falls within the great learned tradition of Cardinal Newman and Oxbridge theology over the last hundred years.--The Journal of Religion

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Preface
Introduction: Speaking About the Unknowable	p. 1
Theoria: Theology and Rhetoric	p. 8
The Varieties of Classical Rhetoric	p. 9
The Death and Resurrection of Rhetoric	p. 19
The Rhetorical Nature of Theology	p. 30
Pathos: The World to Which Theology Speaks	p. 42
Persuasion of the Audience	p. 44
The Disappearance of the Audience in Modern Theology	p. 52
A Rhetorical Account of the Audience	p. 68
Constructing the Audience of Christian Theology	p. 82
Cathechesis as a Rhetorical Activity	p. 95
Ethos: The Character With Which Theology Speaks	p. 98
Character in Rhetoric and Theology	p. 100
How Does Character Persuade?	p. 112
The Elements of Character	p. 126
Conversion as a Rhetorical Activity	p. 146
Logos: The Word Which Theology Speaks	p. 148
A Critique of Pure Logic	p. 149
Expanding the Range of Argumentation	p. 164
The Sources of Christian Theology	p. 180
Revelation and Proclamation as Rhetorical Activities	p. 200
Praxis: Theology as Rhetoric	p. 204
Doctrine as Persuasive Argument	p. 206
Biblical Exegesis as Persuasive Argument	p. 219
Rhetorical History and Christian Theology	p. 238
Christian Theology as a Rhetorical Activity	p. 252
Unconcluding Rhetorical Postscript: Theology as Faithful Persuasion	p. 255
Notes	p. 259
Index of Names	p. 295
Index of Subjects	p. 301
Index of Scriptural Citations	p. 311
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