Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Publication Title
Review of Communication
Keywords
dissent, prophecy, new Poor People’s Campaign, democracy, rhetoric
Abstract
In this paper, we offer an analysis of an important social movement challenging the fantasy of Christian nationalism: the new Poor People’s Campaign, and specifically the rhetoric of the Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II. We argue that Barber’s rhetoric represents a source of dissent against Christian nationalism through his strategic use of the jeremiad. Barber’s progressive jeremiad offers a distinctively moral narrative that recovers the radical Christian legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ultimately, we argue that Barber’s jeremiad advances a distinctive narrative of American national redemption through democratic renewal and reconstruction.
Funding Source
This article was published Open Access thanks to a transformative agreement between Milner Library and Taylor & Francis.
DOI
10.1080/15358593.2023.2290577
Recommended Citation
Rahko, Stephen E. and Craig, Byron B., "Prophetic Dissent in Dark Times: the New Poor People’s Campaign and the Rhetoric of National Redemption" (2024). Faculty Publications - Communications. 7.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpcom/7
Comments
First published in Review of Communication, https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2023.2290577.
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