chp3: reword topic sentence on john's catastrophism

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@@ -37,12 +37,8 @@ I'll show how three further aspects of his apocalyptic language add to his
 rhetorical strategy. In the next chapter, I'll show how these features of John's
 ancient rhetoric can be reproduced effectively in a contemporary green context.
 
-In the previous chapter, we saw how some kinds of catastrophic language
-prominent in contemporary green rhetoric can elicit fatalism and conservatism
-and support the 'death of politics.' To understand why John's catastrophic
-language had a very different effect, it is important to first understand that
-John has a very different catastrophic dialectic.
-
+To understand why John's catastrophic language is so important to his rhetorical strategy,
+it is important to first understand that John has a very different catastrophic dialectic.
 Whereas green rhetors typically position the catastrophe as an impending event
 over which the audience has some measure of control, John, in contrast,
 discusses a series of catastrophes which have already begun, and are largely in