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1	Clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' in the Diocese of Bath and Wells Walker, Philip Geoffrey January 2000 (has links) The concept of 'folk-religion' has functioned as both a mission interface, and as a clerical category of self-absolution in the face of secularisation and marginalisation. The attitudes that clergy bring to'folk-religion', its beliefs and praxis and the effects of longitudinal change within the religious Zeitgeist, are the main concern of this study. Data on clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' from the 1988-1990 Rural Church Project (RCP) provide an empirical basis for replication and extension of the RCP questions on 'f olkreligion' to the Diocese of Bath & Wells. The latter takes the form of sixtyone in depth semi-structured interviews, together with a small sub-sample of Anglican and other mainstream clergy working in Glastonbury. Chapter One critiques the RCP, introduces the concept of 'folk-religion', and proposes a descriptive attitudinal taxonomy, the strong-negative - non-differentiator continuum. This both defines the range of clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' and provides a heuristic model which, in conjunction with a quantitative instrument (the Clergy Attitude Scale) is elaborated in Part Two when the Somerset data are subjected to in-depth analysis. The latter is approached through the concept of differential-reflexivity. The attitudinal pattern to emerge is contained within a nexus of psychological, sociological, and theological constructs. Earlier models linking clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' to churchmanship are modified, as is the understanding of the function of 'folk-religion' as a clerical category of selfabsolution. Chapter Six considers evidence of longitudinal changes in both the meanings and representations of 'folk-religion' as they impact upon clergy attitudes and pastoral praxis. Chapter Seven discusses the impact which the leitmotif of Glastonbury has upon the meanings of contemporary representations of the sacred. Chapter Eight suggests that the key underlying theological attitudinal signifier is to be found within the different ways in which a soteriological meta-narrative is implicitly used by the clergy in the formation of attitudes to 'folk-religion'. The way in which the study extends knowledge, its significance for missiological modelling, and further research possibilities are discussed in Chapter Nine 100
2	Blogging in Defense of Themselves: Social Media Implications for Rhetorical Criticism and the Genre of Apologia Wheeler, Ramona Dee 19 March 2013 (has links) (PDF) The advent of social media has provided an arena where barriers to entry are low. Individuals may persuade, question others and defend both their philosophies and their actions. This study examines the classic role of rhetorical criticism as it may apply in new media venues. A blog written by a public figure was examined through a synthesis of rhetorical criticism analyses derived from Ware and Linkugel, Vartabedian, and Downey. Four strategies and associated positioning in the practice of apologia were identified in selected blog posts, indicating the genre of apologia applies to social media apologies and extends the genre of apologia. Rhetorical criticism was found to be an effective tool in identifying rhetorical postures and strategies used in social media. social media internet blog interaction discourse apologetic apologia rhetorical criticism generic genre denial bolstering differentiation transcendence reformative transformative strategy strategies justification vindication explanation absolution defense posture self-exoneration self-absolution self-sacrifice self-service self-deception Communication

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Clergy attitudes to 'folk-religion' in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

Blogging in Defense of Themselves: Social Media Implications for Rhetorical Criticism and the Genre of Apologia