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Articles tagged as "Prophetic Indictment"

Marc H. Ellis: A Life of Encounter

Series: Remembering Marc H. Ellis
Jessica Wong
September 13, 2024

Marc Ellis encountered us, and in the sacredness of meeting, we were forever changed.

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Hear, O Israel!: An Open Address to the Jewish Mainstream

Brian Klug
January 10, 2024January 10, 2024

If, confronted with the hell unleashed on the people of Gaza in our name, we could do as Levi says then we would not efface the humanity of the children, women, and men of Gaza.

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Desmond Tutu: A Much-Loved, Deeply Disturbed, and Offensive Prophet

Series: Transnational Solidarity and the Legacy of Tutu
Farid Esack
June 8, 2023February 1, 2024

Tutu’s theology was simple: embrace the logic and the dreams of the margins.

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Ending Exile with the Prophetic Voice of the Diasporic Jew

Series: Policing Analogies
Susannah Heschel
September 25, 2020September 25, 2020

Can there be a prophetic voice today without diaspora?

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The Hagia Sophia Debate: A Muslim-Christian Liberation Theology Approach

Farid Esack
July 28, 2020February 1, 2024

Thus, we constantly have to return to asking ourselves: Are we following Jesus, or Emperor Constantine? Are we following Muhammad, or the murderers of his family and prophetic tradition?

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Diplomacy as Hypocrisy: The Biya System in Rome and at the Vatican

Ludovic Lado
May 1, 2017May 1, 2017

May the time come when every head of State who goes to meet the Pope and every bishop or priest fears hearing the prophetic message.

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Response to Interlocutors

Series: Prophecy Without Contempt
Cathleen Kaveny
September 7, 2016August 20, 2019

This piece responds to a symposium on Prophecy without Contempt: Religious Discourse in the Public Square. Read the full article »

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Prophetic Dialectic

Series: Prophecy Without Contempt
Jason Springs
September 1, 2016August 20, 2019

Prophetic discourse not only aids moral and political health by attacking malignant growth through rhetorical indictment. It also consists in practical wisdom and the deployment of the different moral, rhetorical, socio-analytical, and activist elements. Read the full article »

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Indictment and Deliberation in Late Modernity

Series: Prophecy Without Contempt
Gustavo Maya
August 31, 2016February 23, 2017

GUSTAVO MAYA

At their best, indictment and deliberation inform and support each other. Prophetic indictment can shake us from our conformity. Practical deliberation can help us provide reasons for our judgments. Read the full article »

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Loss, Lament and Prophetic Modernities

Series: Prophecy Without Contempt
M. Christian Green
August 30, 2016August 15, 2019

Can prophetic indictment balance lamentation with justice, irony with hope? Read the full article »

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