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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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Minneapolis [u.a.]
University of Minnesota Press
2008
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| In: | Jahr: 2008 |
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USA
/ Prophetie
/ Politik
/ Politische Kultur
B USA / Literatur / Prophetie (Motiv) |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Political culture United States
B Usa B Bible. Old Testament Prophecies B Prophecy in literature B Politik B Political Culture (United States) B United States Race relations B Prophetie B United States Race relations B Politische Kultur B Literatur B Bible O.T Prophecies B Prophecy B Ethnische Beziehungen |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | 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 |