Resumen de Sins of the fathers: the jeremiad and the Franco‐American crisis in the fast day sermons of 1798
Sermons delivered on the national fast of May 9, 1798, are viewed from the perspective of the American Jeremiad. These sermons are significant to the study of American public discourse because they represent an effort to explain an immediate political crisis in terms of “God's ultimate plan” for the American people. Rhetoric thus helps to transform both the nature of the crisis and the response required of the audience.
