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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... audience. Though there was no theory of rhetoric among the ancient Jews, prophetic practice offers a tradition highly articulated with its philosophical foundations, and these connections, especially as they have been filtered through ...
... audience is unable or unwilling to question them.” For the ancient peoples of Judah and Israel, the existence of a God active in history was just such a matter of faith. Thus we can understand what Sheldon Blank means when he says of ...
... message without violating his sacred trust. Indeed, the fact of the sacred trust itself places the speaker outside the frame of reference of his audience; the speaker's role is that of the extremist." Old Testament Prophecy 21.
James Darsey. his audience; the speaker's role is that of the extremist." Thus prophetic rhetoric violates one of the traditional functions of rhetoric by emphasizing separation over identification.” It may begin to seem that prophecy is ...
... of the audience. In the fire metaphor of the prophets, we confront the violent and destructive side of purification. “O house of David, thus saith the LORD, Execute judgment in 26 | O L D T E S T A M E N T P R O P H E CY.
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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 |