Prophetic Wisdom

Charles R. Strain is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at DePaul University. His previous books include Global Migration: What's Happening, Why, and a Just Response (coauthored with Elizabeth W. Collier) and The Prophet and the Bodhisattva: Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Ethics of Peace and Justice, which won the Society for Buddhist Christian Studies Frederick J. Streng Book of the Year Award in 2014.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The Prophetic Wisdom of Elders

1. Like a Fire in the Bones: The Prophetic Voice

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #1: Cries of the Crows: A Buddhist Take on the Prophetic Voice

2. Crossing Boundaries: Rita Gross and the Transformation of Patriarchal Buddhism

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #2: Reading a Buddhist Classic of Mother's Grief against the Grain

3. Thich Nhat Hanh: A Buddhist Monk in the Conflagration of War

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #3: Sea Pirates, Nazis, and the Need for Moral Judgment

4. Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key # 4: Bearing Witness to the Suffering of Our Time

5. B. R. Ambedkar: The Annihilation of Caste and the Liberation of the Dalits

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key # 5: Gautama's Leave-Taking

Part II: Liberation in the American Context

6. The American Jeremiad: Creating the City upon a Hill

7. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: America's Jeremiah

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #6: Reinventing Buddhism in a Hostile Society

Part III: From Prophecy to Praxis: Strategic Action and Social Liberation

8. Nonviolent Action: The Dynamics of Love, Power, and Justice

9. From Prophecy to Praxis: Thinking Strategically about Action

10. Facing Up to Evil, Abolishing Our Racial Caste System

Conclusion

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