Consideraciones sobre el profetismo en los escritos de Joseph de Maistre

"The relationship of Joseph de Maistre’s essays with prophetism has been a central theme in the studies dedicated to the author. This article reviews and qualifies this approach by distinguishing within Maistre’s work the theoretical characteristics of the prophetic perspective in three stages of analysis: the writer’s opinions on prophetic vision and prophetic action, the testimonies that singular contemporaries formulated on the prophetic scope of his works and, finally, the consideration of his discourse as a prophetic discourse, both for certain rhetorical features and for its subject matter, centered on the evolution of the proposals of his political prophetism. The research concludes by highlighting that the notion of prophetic impulse is the key to the cohesion of the Maistrinian corpus"

Textual history of apiary scene from Panteleimon Kulish’s novel “Chorna Rada”

The paper deals with the textual history of the scene in the apiary (Chapter 2) of Kulish’s novel “Chorna Rada: Khronika 1663 Roku” (“The Black Council: A Chronicle of the Year 1663”). Throughout the 14 years, from 1843 (when a creative vision of the novel arose) to 1857 (when both Ukrainian and Russian versions of “Chorna rada” were published), the text of the novel remarkably changed. In the analyzed scene, the most significant changes were made in the characteristics of the ‘ideological person’ Bozhyi Cholovik (Man of God). This character was transformed when the author just began writing both versions of “Chorna Rada”. In the original Russian text (1845), he was portrayed as an ancient-like old man and a strongly built Cossack-philosopher, while in the Ukrainian text (1846), he appeared as a blind blessed elder with prophetic vision, detached from ‘vanity of vanities’. Also, in the original text of both versions of the scene in the apiary, characters Mykhailo Cherevan and Vasylii Nevolnyk (Slave) were more detailed than in the final published text. In particular, in both early texts, the author tells a story of how Vasylii Nevolnyk broke free from slavery in Turkey. As a result of all changes in the text, the analyzed scene became more expressive in artistic terms, and characters — more holistic. The comparison of the two versions leads to the conclusion that they are textually interrelated, though significantly different, being translations of each other and at the same time the original works. The researcher extensively quotes the fragments not included in the published text of “Chorna Rada”. A part of the lost text from the original Ukrainian version is being reconstructed based on the original Russian version of the novel.

Eyes Westward

The Smithification of the American West refers to the process whereby Utah Mormons embraced and emphasized a historical narrative that proclaimed that the prophet Joseph Smith had known all along that the Mormons would wind up in Utah. It suggests not only that Brigham Young was the rightful heir to Smith’s prophetic office but also that Smith knew the landscapes of the American West intimately because he had seen them in prophetic vision.

What Harriet Tubman and John Brown can teach us about abolishing ‘White men’

This commentary argues that one path toward Natalie Oswin’s ‘An Other Geography’ is through abolishing the institution of ‘White men’. Like other oppressive institutions, ‘White men’ have produced epistemic violence that has shaped and structured the discipline of geography in uneven and unjust ways. This essay is an effort to show appreciation and gratitude, and to stand in solidarity, with Oswin’s prophetic vision of ‘an other geography’. I mobilize the linked biographies of Harriet Tubman and John Brown as an entry point given how little we have yet worked to understand abolitionist history for thinking through the many ways we can work to transform geography.

VISI PROFETIS BAGI KEHIDUPAN SOSIAL UMAT KRISTEN DALAM DEMOKRASI MENURUT JOHN W. DE GRUCHY

This article reviews how church members - Christians - should play a role in social life, especially in the context of Indonesia's democratic life. The role of church members is derived from a theoretical study of John W. De Gruchy's thoughts on the prophetic vision which also functions as the basis for this role. The prophetic vision on which the role is based covers the importance of upholding justice, presenting the love of Jesus and the kingdom of God, and of how the Christian community should become an ecclesiā that has a positive, constructive impact on social situations that are experiencing degradation in various lines of life.Artikel ini mengulas tentang bagaimana mestinya warga gereja – umat Kristen – ikut berperan dalam kehidupan sosial khususnya dalam konteks kehidupan demokrasi Indonesia. Peran warga gereja yang diperoleh berasal dari kajian teoritis terhadap pemikiran John W. De Gruchy tentang visi profetis yang sekaligus berfungsi sebagai dasar/landasan dari peran tersebut. Visi profetis yang menjadi landasan peran meliputi tentang pentingnya menegakkan keadilan, menghadirkan kasih Yesus dan kerajaan Allah, dan tentang bagaimana harusnya komunitas Kristen menjadi suatu ecclesiā yang memiliki dampak positif, konstruktif dalam situasi sosial yang sedang mengalami degradasi dalam berbagai lini kehidupan.