Rhetorical appeal and the uncertainty of hope

dc.contributor.authorLawrie, Douglas G.
dc.date.accessioned07/03/2016 23:23
dc.date.available07/03/2016 23:23
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe article examines an article that Dirk Smit wrote about rhetoric and theology against the background of other of his articles, particularly about the Confession of Belhar. It argues that Smit�s article is �judiciously sceptical� about rhetoric because he is committed not only to faith, but also to the uncertainty of hope. This commitment is, it is argued, compatible with rhetoric, but only with a certain type of rhetoric. Such a hopeful rhetoric, which does not accept the closure of tragedy, reaches out to others across tragic divisions as the Confession of Belhar did. The final section examines how Smit�s article is itself a rhetorical act and tries to identify the particular appeal he makes on readers.en_US
dc.description.accreditationDepartment of HE and Training approved listen_US
dc.identifier.citationLawrie, D.G. (2013). Rhetorical appeal and the uncertainty of hope. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif (NGTT), 54 (3&4):1-9en_US
dc.identifier.issn0378-9889
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/2086
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherStellenbosch Universityen_US
dc.rightsThis journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The original article can be downloaded at http://ngtt.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/356.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5952/54-0-356
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectRhetoricen_US
dc.subjectTheologyen_US
dc.subjectChristian confessionen_US
dc.subjectChristian doctrineen_US
dc.subjectChristianityen_US
dc.subjectHopeen_US
dc.titleRhetorical appeal and the uncertainty of hopeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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