Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism: A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race, and the Spiritual Blues

160 Pages·2019·1.526 MB·English

by  Jacob L. Goodson, Brad Elliott Stone

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Goodson, Jacob L., and Brad Elliott Stone. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism : A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race,
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Goodson, Jacob L., and Brad Elliott Stone. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism : A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race,
Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism
A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of
Race, and the Spiritual Blues
Jacob L. Goodson and
Brad Elliott Stone
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Goodson, Jacob L., and Brad Elliott Stone. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism : A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race,
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Goodson, Jacob L., and Brad Elliott Stone. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism : A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race,
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
JacobL.Goodson&BradElliottStone
1:WhatIsPropheticPragmatism? 1
1 ExploringtheTwinPillarsofPropheticPragmatism 3
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2 PropheticPragmatismorTragicTranscendentalism? 21
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3 PropheticPragmatismasPragmatismatItsBest 45
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4 IsPropheticPragmatismMarxismatItsBest? 63
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2:PropheticPragmatismandthePhilosophyofRace 83
5 HopeAgainstHope 85
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6 TragicomicHopeandtheSpiritual-BluesImpulse 95
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Goodson, Jacob L., and Brad Elliott Stone. Introducing Prophetic Pragmatism : A Dialogue on Hope, the Philosophy of Race,
Acknowledgments
This book is the result of a friendship that nurtures both agreement and
disagreement within philosophical conversations, sustains common
interests in both American and Continental Philosophy, and strives to-
wardthegraceandloveformedintheChristian life.Wereceivejoyand
wisdom from one another, and this book represents a mere glimpse of
thejoyandwisdomthatweshare.
Althoughseveralcolleaguesandstudentscouldbementionedoftheir
helpontheproject,fivepeopledeservespecialrecognition.Wearegrate-
fultoJanaHodges-Kluckforbelievingintheprojectandforherpatience
as we missed deadline after deadline. Jon Wisniewski, at Rowman &
Littlefieldtoo,alsodisplayedmuchpatiencewithusinthefinalpublish-
ingstages.WearegratefultoDr.CherylRudeforhelpingmakepossible
Bradspending partofhisSabbatical in Winfield, Kansas. Finally, two of
Jacob’s students deserve mention. We are grateful to Melissa Connell—
analumnaofSouthwesternCollegeandformerstudentofJacob’s—who
edited our writing, listened to our disagreements, and questioned our
agreements through the Fall semester of 2017. We are grateful to Drake
Foster—acurrentstudentofJacob’s—whoformattedthemanuscriptand
improvedsomeofthewordinginthechaptersduringtheSpringsemes-
terof2019.
The book is dedicated to our spouses: Angela McWilliams Goodson
and Maggie Stone. Part of Jacob and Angela’s first date included watch-
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