From the Royal to the Prophetic to the Apocalyptic: The Case for a Saving Remnant
By Robert Jensen
Published in Resilience.org · August, 2019
The royal, prophetic, and apocalyptic traditions in the Hebrew and Christian bibles provide a compelling framework for understanding progressive intellectual and political work today, as we face the task not only of struggling to create a just and sustainable world but also imagining a saving remnant that will negotiate a radically different future in which both new and old skills, stories, and spaces will be necessary.