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Jean Bethke Elshtain

2 speeches between 1996 and 2006, mostly as BYU faculty. 3,160 words in the transcripts.

Speeches
2
1996–2006
Words
3,160
in the transcripts
Reading grade
14.6
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
0
0.0 per speech
Callings
BYU faculty
2 speeches
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record

Speeches by year

19962006

Signature phrases

Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.

  • democratic 18
  • democracy 17
  • social 26
  • political 18
  • civic 10
  • americans 12
  • tocqueville 7
  • politics 9
  • institutions 12
  • trends 6
  • citizens 8
  • juridical 6

Scriptures cited most

No chapter-and-verse citations were found in this speaker's speeches.

Callings when speaking

  • BYU faculty 2

As given in the bylines: Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School

Every speech

  1. 29 Oct 1996Democracy at Century’s EndProfessor at the University of Chicago Divinity School · Forum3,137 w0 refs
  2. 24 Oct 2006How Do We Think about What Is Human?: C. S. Lewis and The Abolition of ManProfessor at the University of Chicago Divinity School · Forumaudio only
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