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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... faith” and “zeal”; we refer to radical leaders as “prophets”; and we analyze radical rhetoric according to its “God terms” and “devil terms.” At the same time, while we admit of the existence of some blatantly “messianic” or “millennial ...
... faith; they oppose their society using its own most noble expressions and aspirations." A rootless society, a society where the power of once compelling ideas has atrophied, has no basis for authorizing radical activity. When General ...
... faith. Thus we can understand what Sheldon Blank means when he says of 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 ...
... faith and suffering,” as the several meanings of the word “passion” suggest." The exemplary case in Western mythology is, of course, the passion of Christ, a passion firmly grounded in the prophetic tradition of the Old Testament ...
... faith in “a King who delights in doing good to all his subjects; to a peerage, wise and accurate, guided by the principles of honor and beneficence; and to a representative body penetrating and prudent, who consider the good of the ...
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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 |