An Unquiet Desperation: Rhetorical Aspects of "Popular" Atheism in the United States.

Hart, Roderick P.

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An Unquiet Desperation: Rhetorical Aspects of "Popular" Atheism in the United States

Hart, Roderick P.

Quarterly Journal of Speech, 64, 1, 33-46, Feb 78

Examines the rhetoric of "popular" atheists in the U.S. and argues that their rhetoric possesses distinctive features that are the natural results of existential failure. (MH)

Descriptors: American Culture, Discourse Analysis, Failure, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Persuasive Discourse, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Criticism

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