dc.contributor.author | Lawrie, Douglas G. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-07T21:23:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-07T21:23:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lawrie, D.G. (2013). Rhetorical appeal and the uncertainty of hope. Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif (NGTT), 54 (3&4):1-9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0378-9889 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2086 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Stellenbosch University | en_US |
dc.rights | This 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.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.5952/54-0-356 | |
dc.subject | Rhetoric | en_US |
dc.subject | Theology | en_US |
dc.subject | Christian confession | en_US |
dc.subject | Christian doctrine | en_US |
dc.subject | Christianity | en_US |
dc.subject | Hope | en_US |
dc.title | Rhetorical appeal and the uncertainty of hope | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
dc.description.accreditation | Department of HE and Training approved list | en_US |