American prophecy :race and redemption in American political culture /George Shulman.

Book

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Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

American prophecy :race and redemption in American political culture /George Shulman.

Description

Introducing Jeremiah's legacy : placing prophecy in American politics and political theory -- Thoreau, the reluctant prophet : moral witness and poetic vision in politics -- Interlude : from Henry Thoreau to Martin Luther King Jr. and James Baldwin : race and prophecy -- Martin Luther King Jr.'s theistic prophecy : love, sacrifice, and democratic politics -- James Baldwin and the racial state of exception : secularizing prophecy? -- Toni Morrison and prophecy : "this is not a story to pass on" -- Conclusion : prophecy as vernacular political theology. xxi, 315 p. ;24 cm.

Book Details

Author

Shulman, George M.

Place Published

City

Minneapolis

Date Published

circa 2008

Publication Subjects

Bible.--Old Testament--Prophecies. Political culture--United States. Prophecy. Prophecy in literature.

Call No.

JA75.7 .S55 2008

ISBN

9780816630745 (hc : alk. paper), 0816630747 (hc : alk. paper), 9780816630752 (pb : alk. paper), 0816630755 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008017607

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-292) and index.