The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in AmericaNYU Press, 1999 M09 1 - 292 páginas This expansive volume traces the rhetoric of reform across American history, examining such pivotal periods as the American Revolution, slavery, McCarthyism, and today's gay liberation movement. At a time when social movements led by religious leaders, from Louis Farrakhan to Pat Buchanan, are playing a central role in American politics, James Darsey connects this radical tradition with its prophetic roots. |
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... Heschel's formulation, The certainty of being inspired by God, of speaking in His name, of having been sent by Him to the people, is the basic and central fact of the prophet's consciousness. Other people regard experience as the source ...
... Heschel finds the demands of God's covenant with His people “reflected in every word” of the prophet." The terms of the compact Yahweh had made with His people were accessible to all, but, said Isaiah, “the vision of all this has become ...
... Heschel describes the activity of Old Testament prophets in terms that reflect the nature of their activity as a kind of demonstration: “In speaking, the prophet reveals God. This is the marvel of a prophet's work: in his words, the ...
... Heschel reminds us, “is an attitude the prophet abhors. . . . Others may be satisfied with improvement, the prophets insist upon redemption.” The holy remnant, as illustrated in the stories of Noah or Sodom and Gomorrah, is more ...
... Heschel in particular reminds us of “the centrality of pathos” in prophetic discourse, and finds God's wrath to be a manifestation of that pathos. As opposed to the gods of the Greeks, Heschel reveals the Hebrew God to be a ...
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35 | |
Wendell Phillips and | 61 |
The Passion | 85 |
The Word in Darkness III | 111 |
Joe McCarthys Rhetoric | 128 |
The Romantic Vision | 151 |
IO The Seraph and the Snake | 199 |
11 | 211 |
Index | 269 |
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The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America James Darsey Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |