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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... ethos. This chapter represents an initial assay of the shape and function of each aspect of prophetic discourse with reference to the Old Testament prophets themselves. What is sought is an articulation of the direct relationship ...
... ethos, of the message. The formula preferred in Ezekiel is quite explicit: “And the word of the Lord came unto me saying . . .” This rendering of Ezekiel personifies the word and reveals the suasory power of the word to lie in who it is ...
... ethos of God in a radical confrontation with His people. In the revelation of the compassionate nature of that ethos and its agony in critical times lies the great pathos in prophetic discourse." Such expression, far from fraudulent ...
... Ethos At the center of prophetic rhetoric is the prophetic ethos, “Statements of belief or concern are existential,” Frye reminds us, “and therefore one very obvious context for them, apart from doctrinal synthesis is the life of the ...
... ethos as nugatory, consumed in the divine ethos, the prophet succeeds in making his ethos, the authenticity of his call, the paramount question. James Crenshaw terms this “the Achilles-heel of ancient prophecy,” “namely the absence of ...
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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 |