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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here’s a pertinent book on the topic by a colleague of mine:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>God and War: American Civil Religion since 1945<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.amazon.com/God-War-American-Civil-Religion/dp/0813552958">http://www.amazon.com/God-War-American-Civil-Religion/dp/0813552958</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yes, he is a historian, but he also addresses rhetorical themes, as this reviewer points out:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>“<i>God and War </i>presents both <b>topics via presidential policies and rhetoric</b>, as well as the written works of public theologians and public intellectuals.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="https://thinkingthroughhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/reflections-on-haberskis-god-and-war/">https://thinkingthroughhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/reflections-on-haberskis-god-and-war/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>--David Spiech<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kb-bounces@kbjournal.org [mailto:kb-bounces@kbjournal.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Clarke Rountree<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 03, 2015 12:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> kb@kbjournal.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [KB] rhetoric, religion and war<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Burkelers:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In October I'm hosting an event for the Southern Colloquium on Rhetoric (SCoR). The subject is adapted to a visit by Dr. Jouni Tilli, a Finnish scholar who wrote a book analyzing Finnish Lutheran military clergy during WWII who urged support for fighting the Soviet Union in religious terms.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Typically these events include readings of a few speeches (or other rhetorical artifacts) and a couple of scholarly articles on the subject. I'm looking for recommendations on both scores. In particular, I'm interested in American (or Western) speeches (pamphlets, etc.) that justify or oppose war on religious grounds, as well as articles that address the issue. I have some ideas, but I need more. In particular, I think the inaugural essay by Bob Ivie in our first issue of <i>KB Journal</i> speaks nicely to GW Bush's use of religion in this way. Obviously, Burke's essay on Mein Kampf might be used, though it isn't directly on point. There are a few essays on pacifists, but not a lot on justifying war through religion, in communication journals (though you can find it in history, political science, and other places).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Any suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, for those interested in attending, it will be a half-day event at my institution on October 16th.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Clarke<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dr. Clarke Rountree<br>Chair and Professor of Communication Arts<br>342 Morton Hall<br>University of Alabama in Huntsville<br>Huntsville, AL 35899<br>256-824-6646<br><a href="mailto:clarke.rountree@uah.edu" target="_blank">clarke.rountree@uah.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>