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Advance Praise and Reviews * "Ward-Lev masterfully outlines a dual premise: that the Torah and the prophets depict an ongoing liberation journey for both God and humanity. The book successfully weaves the ancient prophetic lens with contemporary social justice giants like Paulo Freire, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Luther King Jr., and bell hooks."
-- Jonathan Homrighausen, Englewood Review of Books In a time of social turbulence, Nahum Ward-Lev mines Biblical wisdom to illumine a way forward. His book explores the rich territory of liberating social change as articulated by the Hebrew prophets and lived by Biblical persons. Ward-Lev examines the development of these Biblical liberation themes in contemporary prophetic writers including Paulo Freire,
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Luther King, Jr., and bell hooks.
In clarifying practices for the liberation journey, prioritizing reciprocal relationships, engaging in dialogue, exercising social and artistic imagination, and nurturing a love ethic in public life, his book empowers readers of all faiths and backgrounds to see through a prophetic lens and engage in prophetic action.
