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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... Jeremiah spoke of the futility of refusing to “speak any more in His name . . . There is in my heart as it were a burning fire, Shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, And I cannot.” The words of Amos reveal the same ...
... Jeremiah as an example of the Old Testament prophet's understanding of his authority that the strongest argument for his authenticity is not an argument at all, but the simple affirmation that God had sent him.” To a people who hold ...
... Jeremiah rests his case with the prima-facie evidence of the message itself as the final test of its authenticity and his own veracity.” The rhetoric of self-evidence is both profoundly conservative, even reactionary, and profoundly ...
... Jeremiah and Zephaniah began to prophesy when the world empire of the Assyrians was tottering under the onslaught of barbarian hordes, which were soon to appear on the northern horizon of Palestine. Nahum shouted that Nineveh was about ...
... Jeremiah shatters the vessel in order that it may be remolded.” In remolding or reformation lies the essential optimism of the prophetic judgment. For all the terror of God's wrath, purification promises a resolution of crisis. The ...
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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 |
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Index | 269 |
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The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America James Darsey Sin vista previa disponible - 1997 |