Prophetic FragmentsThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. The crisis of religion in America, says Cornel West, is profound and pervasive: profound in that it deepens as Americans turn more desperately toward religion; pervasive in that it affects every form of religion in America, from Christianity to Buddhism, from reform Judaism to Islam. The rise of the religious right, the decline of liberal Christianity, and the challenge of liberation theology are all symptoms of this crisis. In this book Cornel West explores the landscape of this crisis in essays, articles, reviews, and even fiction. The selections outline the contours of a "principled prophetism" -- a prophetic religion that incorporates the best of modernity and secularity (tolerance, fallibilism, criticism), yet brings prophetic critique to bear upon the idols of modernity and secularity (science, technology, and wealth). Touching on various aspects of Christian thought and action in our post-modern times, the essays in this book are informed by a revolutionary Christian vision that is so often absent from American religious life. They display the intellectual rigor that has made Cornel West a highly respected author and thinker -- one who is not only a perceptive surveyor of contemporary Christian thought, but also a gifted shaper of that thought. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis volume collects over 50 articles, book reviews, and addresses by a Union Seminary theologian, almost all previously published. The disparate brief pieces are partially connected by West's ... Read full review
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 |