Prophetic Fragments: Illuminations of the Crisis in American Religion and Culture"This collection of writings, drawn from a wide variety of sources, reveals the intellectual depth and breadth of the author. The articles include political commentary, cultural critique, literary analysis, extended book reviews, and even a short story by West. All of these are held together by a prophetic Afro-American Christian perspective. The value of this book is that it provides easy access to a significant selection of the author's corpus." --Religious Studies Review (October 1989) "This volume collects over 50 articles, book reviews, and addresses by a Union Seminary theologian . . . . The most eloquent pieces are those in which West explains and interprets his more personally felt tradition of Afro-American Protestantism." -- Library Journal |
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Contents
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Religion Politics Language | 22 |
A Black Socialist Christian Critique | 30 |
The Prophetic Tradition in AfroAmerica | 38 |
Contemporary AfroAmerican Social Thought | 50 |
On Manning Marables How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black | 64 |
AntiImperialist Struggle and Black Americans | 74 |
Subversive Joy and Revolutionary Patience in Black | 161 |
Postmodernity and AfroAmerica | 168 |
In Memory of Marvin Gaye | 174 |
On Fox and Learss The Culture of Consumption | 188 |
Christian Theological Mediocrity | 195 |
On Franz Hinkelammerts The Ideological Weapons of Death | 203 |
On Harvey Coxs Religion in the Secular City | 212 |
On Nicholas Lashs A Matter of Hope | 222 |
On Stanley Aronowitzs The Crisis in Historical Materialism | 82 |
On Mark Naisons Communists in Harlem During the Depression | 90 |
Toward a Socialist Theory of Racism | 97 |
On Visiting South Africa | 109 |
A Christian | 124 |
Left Strategies Today | 137 |
Christian Realism as Religious Insights and Europeanist | 144 |
Sex and Suicide | 155 |
On Pascals Significance | 234 |
On George Stroups The Promise of Narrative Theology | 240 |
Winter in the West | 246 |
Martin Luther as Prophet | 257 |
Dispensing with Metaphysics in Religious Thought | 267 |
The Crisis in Theological Education | 273 |
Sing a Song | 281 |
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Page 3 - I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Page 9 - In so far as Marx posited a metaphysical materialism, an ethical relativism, and a strangulating totalitarianism, I responded with an unambiguous "no"; but in so far as he pointed to weaknesses of traditional capitalism, contributed to the growth of a definite self-consciousness in the masses, and challenged the social conscience of the Christian churches, I responded with a definite "yes.
Page ii - Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Prophetic Fragments: Illuminations of the Crisis in American Religion and Culture Prophetic Fragments, Cornel West |
| Author | Cornel West |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0802807216, 9780802807212 |
| Length | 294 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Sociology of Religion |
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