Rhetorica Feb 1997

Moderation, Religion, and Public Discourse: The Rhetoric of Occasional Conformity in England, 1697-1711

Sandra J. Sarkela State University of New York at Potsdam

Abstract

Abstract: This paper analyzes the rhetoric of the eighteenthcentury English debate over occasional conformity in order to develop a better understanding of how persuasive appeals to moderation were used in this particular case. This debate is noteworthy because it reveais how the eighteenth-century veneration of moderation was influeneed by the seventeenth-century Protestant reading of the New Testament. This understanding of moderation led to some of the first arguments suggesting a need for separation of church and state. Further, this example extends our theoretical understanding of moderate rhetoric when we observe its use as a justification for social change.

Journal
Rhetorica
Published
1997-02-01
DOI
10.1525/rh.1997.15.1.53
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rhetorical criticism discourse analysis argument public rhetoric
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