The Language of Historical Religious Controversies: The Case of George Keith and the Quaker Movement in England

This paper tests a proto-model of historical religious polemic discourse through a case study of a 1690s dispute between the schismatic former Quaker George Keith and Thomas Ellwood, a prominent Quaker representing the Quaker movement in England at that time. Thomas Gloning, Gerd Fritz, and others,...

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1. VerfasserIn: Roads, Judith (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2018
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Jahr: 2018, Band: 11, Heft: 1, Seiten: 46-72
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Quäker / Keith, George 1639-1716 / Kontroverse / Ellwood, Thomas 1639-1713 / Sprache
RelBib Classification:KAG Kirchengeschichte 1500-1648; Reformation; Humanismus; Renaissance
KBF Britische Inseln
KDH Christliche Sondergemeinschaften
weitere Schlagwörter:B religious controversy functions discourse George Keith Quaker
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Zusammenfassung:This paper tests a proto-model of historical religious polemic discourse through a case study of a 1690s dispute between the schismatic former Quaker George Keith and Thomas Ellwood, a prominent Quaker representing the Quaker movement in England at that time. Thomas Gloning, Gerd Fritz, and others, suggest certain rhetorical strategies underlie functional and evaluative argumentation language typically employed. Findings contrast discourse elements common to the Keithian texts that do match some traditional characteristics, despite a superficial impression indicating otherwise, but show too where the model fails. An additional approach, not part of the traditional model, touches on linguistic politeness theory.
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ISSN:1874-8929
Enthält:In: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01101003