evangelese

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

Hanna Rosin, "The Reverend" [ about Rudolph Giuliani], The Atlantic
Monthly, September 2006, p. 39:

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Americans expect their presidents to talk like them, especially when
it comes to matters of faith.  This has litle to do with actualy
going to church; it's about the delicate art of mastering what
speechwriters sometimes call "evangelese."
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more follows.  small numbers of google hits, many connected to this
Atlantic piece, others to religious sites, some to media sites.

arnold

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