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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... Yahweh's law and restores clarity to the world. In the proclamation of Micah there is evidenced, not only the form of the judgment-speech, but also something of its character, a glimpse of the omnivorous pathos behind it. In a word ...
... Yahweh's pathos stands against the a-pathos or apathy of humankind, humankind as it has become inured to the demands of justice and righteousness, to the needs of the powerless.” The prophet, by his calling, becomes the vessel of Yahweh's ...
... Yahweh is most dramatically presented in the birth accounts related by the prophets. Jeremiah, for example, was born to prophesy: “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified ...
... Yahweh. The studied anonymity of the author of the servant songs of Deutero-Isaiah is an extreme example of this tendency." Deutero-Isaiah does not speak in his own voice, but is given “the tongue of the learned, that I should know how ...
... Yahweh. The covenant operated with mechanical predictability. It sometimes seemed sacred even to Yahweh as it pained Him to see His people suffer, but justice was served, cause and consequence.” The perspective is one widely adopted by ...
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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 |