The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America /

The Prophetic Tradition and Radical Rhetoric in America / / James Darsey.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Darsey, James,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997]
©1997
Year of Publication:1997
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Radical Rhetoric and American Community
  • Part I
  • 2. Old Testament Prophecy as Radical Ursprach
  • 3. Prophecy as Sacred Truth
  • 4. Prophecy as Krisis
  • 5. The Prophet's Call and His Burden
  • Part II
  • 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

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