The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Honors Theses Honors College Fall 12-2014 A Comparison of the Rhetorical Modes of Persuasion Used By Churches In the Proselytization of Peoples of Lower Economic Status In South Mississippi Blake W. Houston University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses Part of the Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons Recommended Citation Houston, Blake W., "A Comparison of the Rhetorical Modes of Persuasion Used By Churches In the Proselytization of Peoples of Lower Economic Status In South Mississippi" (2014). Honors Theses. 275. https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/275 This Honors College Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors College at The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi A COMPARISON OF THE RHETORICAL MODES OF PERSUASION USED BY CHURCHES IN THE PROSELYTIZATION OF PEOPLES OF LOWER ECONOMIC STATUS IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI by Blake Houston A Thesis Submitted to the Honors College of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Department of Communication Studies December 2014 ii Approved by ____________________________________ John Meyer, Ph.D., Thesis Adviser Professor of Communication Studies ____________________________________ Charles Tardy, Ph.D., Chair Department of Communication Studies ____________________________________ Ellen Weinauer, Ph.D., Dean Honors College iii Abstract This study provides insight into the persuasion techniques used by churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, as well as the reactions of people of lower economic status to the persuasion techniques.