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If my comments came across as denying that persuasion or rhetoric are at play, then I didn't make myself clear. But one can be persuasive without being prescriptive.True, but the central argument is that rhetoric and persuasion are always at play, whether we admit it or not. Once this is recognized it becomes incumbent upon us to undertake "sustained and serious reflection on both the art and the ethics of persuasive religious speech." Or in other words, I would say that the first step towards ethical homilies and evangelization is admitting that persuasion and rhetoric are at play. Once that occurs the most egregious abuses have already been avoided.
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