Let Justice Roll: Prophetic Challenges in Religion, Politics, and SocietyNeal Riemer Rowman & Littlefield, 1996 - 231 pages Written by prominent scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this diverse collection of essays discusses the contemporary relevance of the prophetic mode and challenges in the areas of religion, politics, and society. The contributors critically investigate the creative interaction between the religious and secular domains and explain how the prophetic mode can provide solutions to pressing problems such as war, oppression, poverty, hunger, and discrimination. The essays explore possibilities of achieving an integration of prophetic ethics, social scientific understanding, and democratic and constitutional statecraft and they describe how the prophetic mode currently manifests itself in political philosophy, history, religion, and literature. |
Contents
The Origin and Nature of Prophetic Political Engagement | 1 |
Prophecy and Social Criticism | 23 |
Politics and the Prophetic Tradition in Christianity | 39 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Let Justice Roll: Prophetic Challenges in Religion, Politics, and Society Neal Riemer Limited preview - 1996 |
Common terms and phrases
achieve actions activity American ancient argued argument authority biblical bishops Books breakthroughs called Catholic century challenge Christian Church commitment concept concern constitutional contemporary continued creative criticism critique culture democracy democratic Douglass economic effects established ethical example existing fact faith force future Garrison genocide hope human rights important individual institutions interests intergenerational justice Israel king liberation theology limited live major male Marxist means mode moral move movement nature Niebuhr obligation oppression organizations peace persons possible practices present Press principles problems prophecy prophetic politics protection question radical realism reality recognize reform regard relations religion religious requires response result role sense slavery slaves social society suggest theory tion tradition understanding United University utopian values vision weaknesses women York