TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morse,Tracy Ann
TI  - Signs and wonders: religious rhetoric and the preservation of sign language 
SN  - 9781563686016
AV  - HV 2476.4 .M67 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Gallaudet University Press
KW  - American Sign Language
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Church work with deaf people
KW  - United States
KW  - Deaf people
KW  - Religious life
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index; Machine generated contents note; 1; Intersections of Deafness, Religion, and Rhetoric --; 2; Protestant Ideology and the Arguments for Sign Language in Late Nineteenth-Century Schools for Deaf Children --; 3; Saved by Signs: The Role of the Sanctuary in the Preservation of Sign Language --; 4; Religious Rhetoric in Deaf Community Activism and Advocacy --; 5; Conclusion and Implications
N2  - Current academic discourse frequently understates the role of religion in the development of the American Deaf community. In her new study, Tracy Ann Morse effects a sharp course correction by delineating the frequent use over time of religious rhetoric by members of the Deaf community to preserve and support sign language
ER  -