Christopher Z. Hobson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199895861
- eISBN:
- 9780199980109
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199895861.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Prophetic denunciation, warning, and promise are major themes in African American religion. From the 1780s to the mid-twentieth century, African American ministers and others used biblical prophetic ...
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Prophetic denunciation, warning, and promise are major themes in African American religion. From the 1780s to the mid-twentieth century, African American ministers and others used biblical prophetic models to confront U.S. slavery and communicate belief in God’s justice. Prophetic thinkers differed on whether the United States could be redeemed through struggle or was so sunk in sin that it must be destroyed or abandoned. A distinct millennial-apocalyptic tradition provided sustaining hope and cross-fertilized other traditions. The reformative traditions and an associated prophetic integrationism were historically dominant and most consistent in struggling for justice. The conclusion examines prophecy’s relevance today.Less
Prophetic denunciation, warning, and promise are major themes in African American religion. From the 1780s to the mid-twentieth century, African American ministers and others used biblical prophetic models to confront U.S. slavery and communicate belief in God’s justice. Prophetic thinkers differed on whether the United States could be redeemed through struggle or was so sunk in sin that it must be destroyed or abandoned. A distinct millennial-apocalyptic tradition provided sustaining hope and cross-fertilized other traditions. The reformative traditions and an associated prophetic integrationism were historically dominant and most consistent in struggling for justice. The conclusion examines prophecy’s relevance today.
Christopher Z. Hobson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199895861
- eISBN:
- 9780199980109
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199895861.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Prophetic thinking began in the dawn of African American Christianization. The chapter discusses relevant issues in recent writing on African American prophecy, examines the biblical traditions ...
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Prophetic thinking began in the dawn of African American Christianization. The chapter discusses relevant issues in recent writing on African American prophecy, examines the biblical traditions African American prophetic thinkers adapted, and presents four partly distinct, partly overlapping African American prophetic traditions, those of Exodus-Deuteronomy, Isaiah-Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel-Revelation.Less
Prophetic thinking began in the dawn of African American Christianization. The chapter discusses relevant issues in recent writing on African American prophecy, examines the biblical traditions African American prophetic thinkers adapted, and presents four partly distinct, partly overlapping African American prophetic traditions, those of Exodus-Deuteronomy, Isaiah-Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Daniel-Revelation.
Christopher Z. Hobson
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199895861
- eISBN:
- 9780199980109
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199895861.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
African American prophetic thinkers shared ideas that God providentially intended freedom and guided history toward justice. These beliefs raise the issue of suffering’s place in God’s purposes ...
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African American prophetic thinkers shared ideas that God providentially intended freedom and guided history toward justice. These beliefs raise the issue of suffering’s place in God’s purposes (theodicy). Contrary to views emphasizing acceptance of “redemptive suffering,” prophetic thinkers embraced a less theodical idea of withstanding suffering and ultimate compensatory benefit.Less
African American prophetic thinkers shared ideas that God providentially intended freedom and guided history toward justice. These beliefs raise the issue of suffering’s place in God’s purposes (theodicy). Contrary to views emphasizing acceptance of “redemptive suffering,” prophetic thinkers embraced a less theodical idea of withstanding suffering and ultimate compensatory benefit.
