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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... God's absolute will as expressed in His word is a profanation. “Compromise,” Heschel reminds us, “is an attitude the ... God than any contaminated consensus. The prophet achieves identification only when the holy remnant has joined him ...
... God. Claus Westermann, in his widely cited work on the forms of prophetic speech, asks the question, “What is the specifically prophetic speech form?” and answers, “If we look back now to earlier work, we can see that some agreement had ...
... God's wrath to be a manifestation of that pathos. As opposed to the gods of the Greeks, Heschel reveals the Hebrew God to be a compassionate god whose concern for His creation is boundless; His covenant with His chosen people is a great ...
... God's anger is the motive for this revival. For Heschel, the anger of God is “the end of indifference.” Yahweh's pathos stands against the a-pathos or apathy of humankind, humankind as it has become inured to the demands of justice and ...
... God's wrath, purification promises a resolution of crisis. The spiritual wilderness is harsh and exacting, but it is also invigorating; it provides an opportunity for the reassertion of the self as against the atrophy induced by profane ...
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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 |