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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... Burke Long writes: “For the storyteller, who accepts Jeremiah's authority, rejection of the prophet is tantamount to rejection of God, and to bringing about God's calamity (26:19). From the same partisan standpoint, Jeremiah 29:32 terms ...
... Burke finds in martyrdom a kind of exhibitionism," and the sufferings of the prophets were often intended as allegory: Jeremiah's yoke, Isaiah's nakedness, and Hosea's wife come immediately to mind. More important for a bewildered ...
... Burke said Parliament “made it the very preamble to their Act of address, and consecrated its principle to all ages in the sanctuary of legislation.” At another point in the same speech, Burke adopts an explicitly prophetic stance ...
... Burke noted in his speech on conciliation, “In this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature which markes and distinguishes the whole. . . . This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English ...
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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 |