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Rhetorics of resistance : a colloquy on early Christianity as rhetorical formation / guest editor, Vincent L. Wimbush ; board editor, Sheila Briggs.

Contributor(s): Wimbush, Vincent L | Briggs, Sheila
Material type: TextTextSeries: Semeia : an experimental journal for biblical criticism: 79.Publisher: Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press, 1997Description: 118 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Christian literature, Early | Rhetoric -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- HistoryBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118).
Contents:
Introduction : interpreting resistance, resisting interpretation / Vincent L. Wimbush -- The sermon as "art" of resistance : a comparative analysis of the rhetorics of the African-American slave preacher and the preacher to the Hebrews / Darryl L. Jones -- Who's on third? : reading Acts of Andrew as a rhetoric of resistance / Rosamond C. Rodman -- Hailstorms and fireballs : redaction, world creation, and resistance in the Acts of Paul and Thecla / Margaret P. Aymer -- "I responded, 'I will not ...'" : Christianity as catalyst for resistance in the Passio perpetuae et felicitatis / Lisa M. Sullivan -- Christianity, magic, and difference : name-calling and resistance between the lines in Contra celsum / Mihwa Choi -- Resistance by the book? : some questions in response / Virginia Burrus -- Outrageous (speech) acts and everyday (performative) rebellions : a response to rhetorics of resistance / Gail Corrington Streete.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-118).

Introduction : interpreting resistance, resisting interpretation / Vincent L. Wimbush -- The sermon as "art" of resistance : a comparative analysis of the rhetorics of the African-American slave preacher and the preacher to the Hebrews / Darryl L. Jones -- Who's on third? : reading Acts of Andrew as a rhetoric of resistance / Rosamond C. Rodman -- Hailstorms and fireballs : redaction, world creation, and resistance in the Acts of Paul and Thecla / Margaret P. Aymer -- "I responded, 'I will not ...'" : Christianity as catalyst for resistance in the Passio perpetuae et felicitatis / Lisa M. Sullivan -- Christianity, magic, and difference : name-calling and resistance between the lines in Contra celsum / Mihwa Choi -- Resistance by the book? : some questions in response / Virginia Burrus -- Outrageous (speech) acts and everyday (performative) rebellions : a response to rhetorics of resistance / Gail Corrington Streete.

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