Televangelism as Institutional Apologia: The Religious Talk Show as Strategized Text

Armstrong, Richard N.; Hallmark, James R.; Williamson, Leslie

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“…It is used by a speaker or writer to vindicate themselves against accusation so as to maintain one's reputation, or repairing one's image. Strategies employed in the process include denial, bolstering, transcendence, differentiation, and evasion of responsibility (Armstrong et al, 2005;Sarfo-Kantankah, 2019). Example 10 clearly illustrates the use of kategoria at work in the rhetoric of Prophet Badu Kobi.…”

Section: Kategoria Versus Apologia: the Rhetoric Of Attacking And Defendingmentioning

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“Godsplaining”: Toward a Theory of Religious Capital in Political Rhetoric

Coker

2021

Journal of Black Studies

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This paper is an effort at theorizing the neologism godsplaining. The term interrogates the attempt by religious clerics to earn cultural capital by explaining God’s actions and preferences. The paper does so by deconstructing the political rhetoric of two popular Ghanaian prophets, following the outcome of the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. Using deconstruction as an analytical tool, the study analyses a 2-hour interview the clerics granted an Accra-based local radio station on its morning show. The analysis showed that the religious leaders engaged in “godsplaining” by employing five basic rhetorical strategies— appeal to prophetic authority, kategoria versus apologia, erotema, biblical allusion, and anecdote in order to defend why their perceived political party either won or lost the 2020 general elections. The analysis revealed that the deliberative rhetoric of the prophets suggested a biased hermeneutic of God’s will in favor of their preferred political affinity. The study has implications for further research in media studies, religious communication, and the question of divinity in partisan politics.

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Section: Kategoria Versus Apologia: the Rhetoric Of Attacking And Defendingmentioning

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“Godsplaining”: Toward a Theory of Religious Capital in Political Rhetoric

Coker

2021

Journal of Black Studies

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“…Individuals also use apology as a vehicle for mending relational breakdowns (Sparkman, 2005). Communication scholars have explored issues of apology in multiple contexts, including sports (Kruse, 1981), political and religious scandals (Armstrong, Hallmark, & Williamson, 2005; Harter, Stephens, & Japp, 2000; Kramer & Olson, 2002; Simons, 2000), and organizational blunders (Benoit & Brinson, 1994; Hobbs, 1995; Ice, 1991). Apology researchers traditionally highlight two elements that complicate the apology act: the type of wrongdoing and how the accused responds.…”

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A Cycle of Redemption in a Medical Error Disclosure and Apology Program

Carmack

2014

Qual Health Res

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Physicians accept that they have an ethical responsibility to disclose and apologize for medical errors; however, when physicians make a medical error, they are often not given the opportunity to disclose and apologize for the mistake. In this article, I explore how one hospital negotiated the aftermath of medical mistakes through a disclosure and apology program. Specifically, I used Burke's cycle of redemption to position the hospital's disclosure and apology program as a redemption process and explore how the hospital physicians and administrators worked through the experiences of disclosing and apologizing for medical errors.

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Religious Broadcasting: An Overview, 2000–2021

McDonnell¹

2023

The Handbook on Religion and Communication

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Televangelism as Institutional Apologia: The Religious Talk Show as Strategized Text

Cited by 3 publications

References 50 publications

“Godsplaining”: Toward a Theory of Religious Capital in Political Rhetoric

“Godsplaining”: Toward a Theory of Religious Capital in Political Rhetoric

A Cycle of Redemption in a Medical Error Disclosure and Apology Program

Religious Broadcasting: An Overview, 2000–2021

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