The morality of spin: virtue and vice in political rhetoric and the Christian right

Introduction

Deliberative democracy and political rhetoric: Rawls and Habermas on rhetoric's moral status

When rhetoric turns manipulative: disentangling persuasion and manipulation

From theoretical to actual manipulation: the Christian right's two tiered rhetoric

Contextualizing rhetoric: from contestatory to one-sided information spaces

Counter cultural Christian enclaves: Focus on the Family's anti-contestatory practices

Conclusion.