Rhetoric of Religious Freedom in the United States

Eric C. Miller is assistant professor of communication studies at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Eric C. MillerChapter 1Reinhold Niebuhr’s Rhetorical Legacy: Democratic Community and Religious FreedomCody HawleyChapter 2Persuasive Ambassadors: The Southern Baptist Commitment to Religious Freedom for AllMichael Strawser, Matthew Hawkins, and Joe C. MartinChapter 3Differing Definitions: How Conservative Evangelicals and Mainline Protestants Frame FreedomStephanie A. MartinChapter 4 Negotiating Religious Freedom in US Catholic Responses to Vaccine ScienceMiles C. ColemanChapter 5Freedom for Whom? The Contested Terrain of Religious Freedom for Muslims in the United StatesAdam Smidi and Lara LengelChapter 6“Not About Discrimination:” Religious Freedom Restoration Acts and the Question of IntentEric C. MillerChapter 7Religious Freedom and the MarketplaceJames T. PetreChapter 8Kim Davis vs. the Gay(ze): A Problematic Response to Religious Freedom AdvocatesSarah WalkerChapter 9Evangelized Scandals: Religious Freedom and Cultural Politics at Wheaton CollegeRobin ReamesChapter 10Environmental Protection and Religious Freedom: The Case of the Dakota Access Pipeline Elizabeth A. PetreChapter 11“What Do You Have to Lose?” Donald Trump, Religious Freedom, and the African American VoteAndre E. JohnsonChapter 12Is Trump Also Among the Fundamentalists? Religious Freedom and the Fight to Repeal the Johnson AmendmentJonathan J. EdwardsAbout the Contributors

Miller has collected a number of diverse and useful rhetorical studies to demonstrate the importance of religious freedom in the contemporary public imaginary and its representative discourse. It is a welcome addition to and unique representation of rhetorical scholarship.