The prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America
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...
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New York, NY :
New York University Press
[1997]
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432625106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Radical Rhetoric and American Community
- 2. Old Testament Prophecy as Radical Ursprach
- 3. Prophecy as Sacred Truth
- 4. Prophecy as Krisis
- 5. The Prophet's Call and His Burden
- 6. The Word in Darkness
- 7. A Vision of the Apocalypse
- 8. Prophecy as Poetry
- 9. Secular Argument and the Language of Commodity
- 10. The Seraph and the Snake
- Notes
- Index
