The prophetic tradition and radical rhetoric in America / / James Darsey.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press,, [1997] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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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