Abstract
This article explores how President Ronald Reagan used grace-emancipating covenantal rhetoric in his presidential discourse to make individual faith a prerequisite for national unity and create a spiritual space in which the people could perform their faith in God, freedom, and individualism, the values upon which his economic policies rested. This analysis of covenantal rhetoric recognizes the importance of the Puritan's covenant of grace as an integral and necessary part of covenantal rhetoric, an aspect that has not been given due attention in previous rhetorical scholarship.
Journal Title
Iowa Journal of Communication
Volume
49
Issue
2
First Page
103
Last Page
127
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kunde, Meg H.
(2017)
"Economic Recovery Through Spiritual Awakening: Ronald Reagan's Use of Grace-Emancipating Convenantal Rhetoric,"
Iowa Journal of Communication: Vol. 49:
No.
2, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ijc/vol49/iss2/3
Copyright
©2017 Iowa Communication Association
