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Prophecy and Protest:
Prophetism in American Public Discourse
Communication 370 Fall 2002

Course Reading List

William James . "Psychology and Neurology." The Varieties of Religious Experience. Writings 1902-1910. Ed. Bruce Kuklick. New York: Library of America, 1987. 1-31. 4 Sep 2002
Mary Douglas. "Primitive Worlds." Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1966. 4 Sep 2002
Robert R. Wilson. "Prophecy in Modern Societies." Prophecy and Society in Ancient Israel. Philadelphia: Fortress P, 1980. 21-88. 18 Sep 2002
Thomas Overholt . "The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity." Channels of Prophecy: The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity. Minneapolis: Fortress P, 1989. 17-25. 18 Sep 2002
[Biblical Passage] 1 Kings 22: 1-38 18 Sep 2002
David L. Petersen. "Introduction." The Prophetic Literature: An Introduction. 25 Sep/ 2 Oct 2002
[Biblical Passages]. Judg 4:1-31 (Deborah); 1 Sam 4:1-7:17 (Ark Narrative); 1 Sam 8:1-11:15 (Anointing of Saul); 1 Kings 17:1-19:21 (Elijah) 25 Sep 2002
Margaret D. Zulick. "The Normative, the Proper, and the Sublime: Notes on the Use of Figure and Emotion in Public Argument." Argumentation 12 (1998): 481-492. 2 Oct 2002
[Biblical Passages]. Hos 5: 1-14; Hos 4:1-14; Hos 9:1-17; Hos 11:1-11; Amos 1:3-2:3; Amos 3:3-8; Amos 7:1-9; Jer 1: 11-19; Jer 4:13-5:17; Jer 5: 20-31 2 Oct 2002
Margaret D. Zulick. "The Agon of Jeremiah: On the Dialogic Invention of Prophetic Ethos." Quarterly Journal of Speech 78 (1992): 125–148. 9 Oct 2002
[Biblical Passages] Jer 20: 7-18; Exod 3: 1-4: 31; 1 Sam 1: 1-4:1; Amos 7: 10-17; Hos 1:1-11; Isa 6: 1-13; Jer 1: 4-19; Isa 41: 1-42: 4; Isa 44: 21-45:4; Dan 7: 1-28 9 Oct 2002
Sacvan Bercovitch. "Introduction: The Puritan Errand Reassessed." The American Jeremiad. Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1978. 23 Oct 2002
Margaret Fell . "Womens Speaking Justified, Proved, and Allowed by the Scriptures." 1666. Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/340/Felltext.html. 23 Oct 2002
John Woolman. "Extract from the Journals of John Woolman." The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman. Ed. Phillips S. Moulton, Richmond, IN: Friends United Press, 1989. 37–38, 45–47. Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/340/Woolman.html
23 Oct 2002
Samuel Danforth . "A Brief Recognition of New-Englands Errand into the Wilderness." American Sermons: The Pilgrims to Martin Luther King, Jr. Ed. Michael Warner. New York: Library of America, 1999. 23 Oct 2002
Thomas Overholt. "Illustrations of the Prophetic Process." Channels of Prophecy: The Social Dynamics of Prophetic Activity. Minneapolis: Fortress P, 1989. 27-68. 30 Oct 2002
Handsome Lake. Code of Handsome Lake. 30 Oct 2002
William Lloyd Garrison. "First Editorial." Liberator 1 Jan. 1821. Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/340/garrisonliberator1.html. 6 Nov 2002
.Lucretia Coffin Mott. "The Law of Progress." Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/340/mott.html. 6 Nov 2002
Nat Turner. "Confessions." Baltimore: Thomas R. Gray, 1831. Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/340/natturner.html. 6 Nov 2002
Abraham Lincoln. Second Inaugural. Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/340/340linc2.html. 13 Nov 2002
Charles Grant Sumner Exc. from Prophecies Concerning America. 13 Nov 2002
Martin Luther King. "I Have a Dream." Zulick Home Page. http://www.wfu.edu/%7Ezulick/341/king.html 13 Nov 2002
Martin Luther King. "I've Been to the Mountaintop." A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project. Stanford University. 28 Aug. 2002. <http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speechesFrame.htm>. 13 Nov 2002