Prophets: More Patriots Than Traitors?—A Discussion of Prophetic Patriotism Using the Prophet to the Nations, Jeremiah, as an Example

Abstract

EDITOR’S ABSTRACT Liu Ping discusses patriotism and nationalism in regard to culture and values and also the role of the prophetic voice in Chinese society. His provocative allegorical rewriting of a prophecy from the Biblical book of Amos, setting it in contemporary China, is pointedly political. Liu writes in the Chinese intellectual tradition of pointing out when a society or a country is on the brink of destruction.