{"product_id":"the-mount-of-vision-christopher-z-hobson-9780199895861","title":"The Mount of Vision: African American Prophetic Tradition, 1800-1950","description":"Drawing on speeches, essays, sermons, reminiscences, and works of theological speculation from 1800 to 1950, Christopher Z. Hobson offers an in-depth study of prophetic traditions in African American religion. He shows how African American prophets shared a belief in a \"God of the oppressed: \" a God who tested the nation's ability to move toward justice and who showed favor toward struggles for equality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHobson also provides insight into the conflict between the African American prophets who believed that the nation could one day be redeemed through struggle, and those who felt that its hypocrisy and malevolence lay too deep for redemption. Contrary to the prevalent view that black nationalism is the strongest African American justice tradition, Hobson argues that the reformative tradition in prophecy has been most important and constant in the struggle for equality, and has sparked a politics of prophetic integrationism spanning most of two centuries. Hobson shows too the special role of millennial teaching in sustaining hope for oppressed people and cross-fertilizing other prophecy traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mount of Vision\u003c\/em\u003e concludes with an examination of the meaning of African American prohecy today, in the time of the first African American presidency, the semicentenary of the civil rights movement, and the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War: paradoxical moments in which our \"post-racial\" society is still pervaded by injustice, and prophecy is not fulfilled but endures as a challenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Z. Hobson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199895864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199895861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013","brand":"Christopher Z. Hobson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914299277567,"sku":"9780199895861","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_af265da4-498a-4103-9c4e-91fcf598c4c4.jpg?v=1680641499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mount-of-vision-christopher-z-hobson-9780199895861","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}