1st Edition

Evangelical Writing in a Secular Imaginary The Academic Writing of Christian Undergraduates at a Public University

By Emily Murphy Cope Copyright 2024
184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

Evangelical Writing in a Secular Imaginary addresses the question of how Christian undergraduates engage in academic writing and how best to teach them to participate in academic inquiry and prepare them for civic engagement. Exploring how the secular both constrains and supports undergraduates’ academic writing, the book pays special attention to how it shapes younger evangelicals’ social... Read more

1.     Introduction: Evangelical Undergraduates and Activism in a Secular Imaginary 

2.     Studying Evangelical Writing and Identities in a Secular Imaginary: Theory and Methods

3.     “Keeping it Under Wraps”: Obscuring Faith and Respeaking Evangelical Discourses in First-Year Writing

4.      “Staying Cautious”: Compartmentalizing Faith in Academic Writing and the Differentiating Power of the Secular Imaginary

5.     “Living My Values”: Integrating Faith and Other Social Identities in Academic Writing

6.      Evangelical Students and Rhetorical Education in a Secular Imaginary

 

Biography

Emily Murphy Cope is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at York College of Pennsylvania. She is the author of several articles and book chapters and currently a co-editor of Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Rhetoric and Writing.