Xvangelical
The Rhetorical Work of Personal Narratives in Contemporary Religious Discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5771954 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bethany Mannon (0000-0001-9220-9888, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 142-162 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rhetoric Society Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-3945 • E-ISSN: 1930-322X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02773945.2018.1547418 |
| OpenAlex | W2907817361 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
Evangelical women who write from lived experience-in blogs, social media, and memoirs-develop a personal narrative rhetoric to negotiate contentious currents of religious thought. This essay studies the work of Sarah Bessey and Jen Hatmaker, who use this rhetorical strategy to destabilize mainstream evangelical discourses of gender and biblical authority. This study expands understandings of rhetorical practices in North American evangelicalism, particularly the contemporary, female-led Xvangelical movement. Analyzing their writing illuminates the interplay among feminist and conservative agendas in debates over gender roles and biblical authority. Because they take conservative doctrine seriously, Hatmaker and Bessey invoke an audience of evangelical readers disappointed with the political and patriarchal commitments of their churches. Finally, this essay advances conversations about the rhetoric of personal narrative. Bessey and Hatmaker explore the ways life writing creates knowledge and offers alternatives to argumentation based in certainty that often characterizes evangelical rhetoric
Mainstream · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |