If You Live Right, Heaven Belongs to You
Radical Historicism, Prophetic Pragmatism, and Melancholic Utopianism in Cornel West and Pentecostalism
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Early lectures, which became the book Prophesy Deliverance! by Cornel West, were delivered at the House of the Lord Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn, New York. The location of House of the Lord, which West argued was an exemplar of Afro-American revolutionary Christianity, demonstrates the relational and reciprocal insights Pentecostalism shares with West’s commitments to radical historicism and prophetic pragmatism. Several Black descended Pentecostals–scholars Leonard Lovett and Keri Day, and denominational leader Smallwood Williams–enact both a complex cultural analysis, and a robust social analysis. I argue Pentecostal praxis and critical reflection engage and extend West’s corpus and Black critical thought.
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If You Live Right, Heaven Belongs to You
Radical Historicism, Prophetic Pragmatism, and Melancholic Utopianism in Cornel West and Pentecostalism
In: Journal of Black Religious ThoughtSearch for other papers by Marlon Millner in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
Early lectures, which became the book Prophesy Deliverance! by Cornel West, were delivered at the House of the Lord Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn, New York. The location of House of the Lord, which West argued was an exemplar of Afro-American revolutionary Christianity, demonstrates the relational and reciprocal insights Pentecostalism shares with West’s commitments to radical historicism and prophetic pragmatism. Several Black descended Pentecostals–scholars Leonard Lovett and Keri Day, and denominational leader Smallwood Williams–enact both a complex cultural analysis, and a robust social analysis. I argue Pentecostal praxis and critical reflection engage and extend West’s corpus and Black critical thought.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 31 | 31 | 21 |
| Full Text Views | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 6 | 6 | 6 |