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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... virtue that provides the essential motive for the radicals examined here are products of a patriarchal theology that explicitly holds virtuous action in opposition to “effeminacy.” In choosing not to evaluate this aspect of the ...
... virtue,” the “common good,” the usurpation of the life of the citizen by privatized, selfish interests. As Gitlin describes it, In the land of the free market, civil society, the fine mesh of self-organized groups and initiatives is ...
... virtue amidst the decay of venality. Abraham 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 ...
... virtue, especially as realized by the Epicureans, virtue as the will to do right, is illuminating. For the community confronted by the prophet, the problem is one of authenticating the prophet's call.” If the call is genuine, there can ...
... Weber defined the prophet as “a purely individual bearer of charisma, who by virtue of his mission proclaims a religious doctrine or divine commandment.” It is the call that, for Weber, distinguishes the Old Testament Prophecy 31.
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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 |