| Beth Moore, Christian speaker and author, has become a prominent figure in Christian circles. She ministers to over a million people a year with her messages. Breaking Free is her "life message." This project analyzes 6 of 11 messages from Breaking Free. Using Bormann's Fantasy Theme Analysis, seven fantasies emerged from the messages, which yielded a rhetorical vision that describes what Beth Moore believes a woman should be like after hearing her message. After that analysis, the fantasies where compared to evangelical Christian doctrine. That analysis determined that Moore's underlying message is valid and acceptable to the Christian audience she is trying to minister too.Keywords. Beth Moore, Ernest Bormann, Fantasy Theme Analysis, Rhetorical Vision, Symbolic Convergence, Christian women, Leadership, Women's Roles, Biblical Womanhood, Breaking Free, Baptist Faith and Message, Values of Christian Women, Christian women history, fantasy themes, Fantasy Theme Analysis criticisms Christian doctrine Evangelical. |
