Rhetoric and the Sacred in the 21st Century
Rhetoric Society of America Summer Workshop

Introduction


Welcome

Who I am.

Why I'm here.

"There is no way around the fact that most people of faith live with a whopping contradiction. The mentality they use to navigate modern society would if applied, destroy the beliefs they hold in church. To avoid this result, one can either spend a great deal of energy in deep reading and anguished reflection, or one can forget about it. And so, most of the time, we forget about it" (Hariman 533).

My Central Concern

The challenges posed by the everyday authority of the sacred in a diverse society.