The Book of Mormon has important things to say about how we say important things, according to David Charles Gore. He's author of The Voice of the People: Political Rhetoric in the Book of Mormon (Maxwell Institute, 2019).
Gore says it's not enough to be in possession of the truth. We also have to know how to share it in ways that actually reach other people's hearts. The Book of Mormon seems to be a cautionary history in this regard, calling readers to develop what Gore calls an 'ethic of mournful wakefulness.'
Gore's Maxwell Institute Guest Lecture is available here.
About the Guest
David Charles Gore (PhD, Texas A&M University) is associate professor and department head in the Department of Communication at the University of Minnesota in Duluth. Gore regularly teaches courses on the history and theory of rhetoric, including its application to globalization and Stoic philosophy. His work has appeared in Philosophy & Rhetoric, Argumentation & Advocacy, Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought, and a variety of other venues.