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Being a mildly religious person with lots of questions about it I have wondered how prophecy works from scientific or psychological view. Can you share some of

Being a mildly religious person with lots of questions about it I have wondered how prophecy works from scientific or psychological view. Can you share some of the things you learned about prophecy from the book you mentioned? The religion I fall into has lots of stories where starting from first person/prophet everyone was making the same prophecy about the last one. I sometimes wondered how it works from an external non-religious but still curious view because religion doesn't have answer to this line of questioning (except God) and demands belief. Your question just made me realise that prophecy is a thing people have wrote about which is new for me.

hprotagonist 3y ago
Abrahamic prophets are not soothsayers or prognosticators. They're poets and social critics that speak truth to power when power doesn't want to hear it in language that cannot be ignored. Their message is shockingly consistent through the ages: we allow people to be oppressed; that is not right; no good will come of it. Isaiah 58 absolutely crackles with this. https://onbeing.org/programs/walter-brueggemann-the-prophetic-imagination-dec2018/ https://onbeing.org/programs/walter-brueggemann-the-propheti...
- smusamashah 3y ago
  Thanks very much for the explanation and the link. This is a new view and a lens for me. It makes lots of sense. I think I am going to have new questions now. This also means they did believe they were the chosen ones and must speak up and that's how it kept going on for generations with similar messaging. It couldn't have worked as well as it did otherwise.
kaycebasques 3y ago
The thesis of The Prophetic Imagination is "the task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us." It's a fascinating read. I have no idea how I stumbled onto this book.

hprotagonist 3y ago

Abrahamic prophets are not soothsayers or prognosticators. They're poets and social critics that speak truth to power when power doesn't want to hear it in language that cannot be ignored. Their message is shockingly consistent through the ages: we allow people to be oppressed; that is not right; no good will come of it. Isaiah 58 absolutely crackles with this. https://onbeing.org/programs/walter-brueggemann-the-prophetic-imagination-dec2018/ https://onbeing.org/programs/walter-brueggemann-the-propheti...

smusamashah 3y ago
Thanks very much for the explanation and the link. This is a new view and a lens for me. It makes lots of sense. I think I am going to have new questions now. This also means they did believe they were the chosen ones and must speak up and that's how it kept going on for generations with similar messaging. It couldn't have worked as well as it did otherwise.

kaycebasques 3y ago

The thesis of The Prophetic Imagination is "the task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture around us." It's a fascinating read. I have no idea how I stumbled onto this book.