Religious Rhetorics

Kari J. Lundgren is a doctoral candidate in Rhetoric at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, where she also received her MA in Rhetoric. Her research focuses on the legitimation of power through religious language, with an emphasis on the rhetorical mechanisms of contemporary Catholicism. In addition to co-founding Religious Rhetorics, Kari is a contributor at the Catholic blog Vox Nova, and her commentary on contemporary Catholicism and abortion politics was featured on The Huffington Post during the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election. She is a member of the Rhetoric Society of America and the National Communication Association, and she has presented scholarly work at the annual meetings of both organizations.

K. M. Camper is a doctoral student in the English Language and Literature program at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD. He received his MA in Rhetoric from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. His research interests include the interpretation, translation, and preaching of the Bible, with a focus on early Christianity and American Protestantism. He is a member of the National Communication Association, at whose annual meeting he has presented his work.