Religious Traditions as Sources of Rhetorical Invention

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

This panel explores and extends the work of seven rhetoric scholars whose reflections on religious traditions as sources of rhetorical invention first appeared in a special issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs (winter, 2004) edited by Martin Medhurst. In this roundtable setting, participants will address more fully how their religious rhetorical tradition (manifested through distinctive topoi, reasoning patterns, narratives, rituals, etc.) has contributed to how they think about rhetorical invention.

Sub Unit

• Religious Communication Association

Chair

• Martin Medhurst, Baylor University

Respondent

• John A. Campbell, Univ of Memphis

• James Michael Farrell, University of New Hampshire

• Susan Schultz Huxman, Wichita State Univ

• James A. Aune, Texas A&M Univ

• Robert Reid, Univ of Dubuque

• Michael W. Casey, Pepperdine University

• Randall Bytwerk, Calvin College

Session Organizer

• Susan Schultz Huxman, Wichita State Univ