American prophecy: race and redemption in American political culture
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.&...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis [u.a.]
University of Minnesota Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Prophecy
/ Politics
/ Political culture
B USA / Literature / Prophecy (Motif) |
| Further subjects: | B
Political culture United States
B Usa B Literature B Bible. Old Testament Prophecies B Prophecy in literature B Race relations in literature B Political Culture (United States) B Political culture B United States Race relations B United States Race relations B Bible O.T Prophecies B Politics B Prophecy |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-292) and index. - 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 |
| ISBN: | 0816630755 |