From the American Lutheran Church to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America : Rhetoric of Merger
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
1988
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department / School
Speech
First Advisor
Michael R . Schliessmann
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the rhetoric of the American Lutheran Church, and the various interest groups within this organization, as it applied to the merger with the Lutheran Church in America and the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches to form a new organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. To achieve this purpose this study attempted to answer the following questions: 1. What groups, including the ALC leadership and special interest groups from the ALC membership, emerged and were involved in the rhetoric of this merger? 2. Who were the main spokespersons for these groups? 3. What issues of the merger proposal created controversy and the need for rhetoric? 4. What arguments and forms of support were offered in the discussion of these issues? The limits implied in ·these questions narrowed the study to a subdivision of the classic convention of invention. The study was also limited only to the rhetoric of the ALC and did not include the other national organizations involved in the merger proposal.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lutheran Church - United States
Rhetoric -- United States
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
176
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Warne, David L., "From the American Lutheran Church to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America : Rhetoric of Merger" (1988). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4551.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/4551