Petitioners or prophets? Presidential discourse, God, and the ascendancy of religious conservatives

Journal of Communication

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-330

  Coe, Kevin ^a   Domke, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; RELIGION;

EID: 33646024602     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2006.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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