SMITH, Jeffrey Alan. The Chosen and The Choice: Race, Religion, and The 2012 US Presidential Campaign. Online. In Bell, GJ; Nemcokova, K; Wojcik, B. From Theory to Practice 2012: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference On Anglophone Studies. 1st ed. Zlín: Tomáš Baťa University Zlín, 2013. p. 159-178. ISBN 978-80-7454-276-3. [citováno 2024-04-23]
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Original name The Chosen and The Choice: Race, Religion, and The 2012 US Presidential Campaign
Name in Czech Zvolení a volba: rasa, náboženství a americké prezidentské volby 2012
Authors SMITH, Jeffrey Alan (840 United States of America, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition 1st ed. Zlín, From Theory to Practice 2012: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference On Anglophone Studies, p. 159-178, 20 pp. 2013.
Publisher Tomáš Baťa University Zlín
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 50600 5.6 Political science
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/13:00074912
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-80-7454-276-3
ISSN 1805-9899
UT WoS 000325381100013
Keywords (in Czech) Barack Obama; Mitt Romney
Keywords in English Barack Obama; Mitt Romney; United States; US Presidency; US Elections; Political Campaigns; America; Prophecy; Bible; Christianity; Providential History
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Jana Pelclová, Ph.D., učo 39970. Changed: 24/2/2018 13:10.
Abstract
The 2012 presidential campaign, like many American debates, was partly a contest over ways of fitting America into "providential history" - the classical story of a "course of empire" and the biblical account of a "chosen people." This campaign in particular invited such analysis because both major candidates, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, came out of communities (Mormon and African American) that have cultivated their own distinctive versions of the providential story. Reviewing the campaign and its aftermath in providentialist terms, therefore, helps reveal ways of thinking that continue to have a large influence on U.S. politics and political language.
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