From a491f8c7b1ad98cb100458f96b80561240e5ba98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:34:23 +0100 Subject: remove "St" from "St John" --- chapter4.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter4.md') diff --git a/chapter4.md b/chapter4.md index 071350b..dd06553 100644 --- a/chapter4.md +++ b/chapter4.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ rhetoric is too often failing, and discussed the particular criticism of the use of catastrophic language. In the previous chapter, I argued that these criticisms of catastrophic language do not apply to the use of apocalyptic language in the most important model of apocalyptic rhetoric in Western -literature, namely, the Apocalypse of St John. Now, in this chapter, I aim to +literature, namely, the Apocalypse of John. Now, in this chapter, I aim to show that in order for green rhetoric to succeed, it should imitate the apocalyptic rhetorical strategies of the Apocalypse discussed in the previous chapter. @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ have already examined one example from _The Future We Choose_ where this might all end, for good or ill. Even the Cold-War-inspired total catastrophism is one perspective on the end times. -St. John, like all biblical apocalypticists, affirms a utopian end-time. As I +John, like all biblical apocalypticists, affirms a utopian end-time. As I discussed in the previous chapter, this is important to his rhetorical goals. There is no use pointing to a dystopia, or (perhaps worse still) concluding that we can't really be certain what the ultimate future holds. Such @@ -216,5 +216,5 @@ horizon' [@ajl-gnd, p. 95]. Or, as utopia scholar Lisa Garforth puts it: > a break – in culture, politics and modes of subjectivity. [@green-utopias, p. 153] In sum, minority cognition, tribulation discourse, and utopian end-time -speculation as displayed in the Apocalypse of St John are essential apocalyptic +speculation as displayed in the Apocalypse of John are essential apocalyptic rhetorical strategies for today's green rhetors. -- cgit v1.2.3