Prophets have decisively shaped our politics, but we lack a good explanation of how they do so. This book offers a new theory of prophetic politics illustrated by the dramatic lives of the Hebrew prophets, Socrates, Jesus, Joan of Arc, Thomas More, and Martin Luther King.
The goal of human life, according to Plato, Aristotle, and the Bible, is to become as much like god as possible. This book, written in vivid and... Læs mere