Pharaohs on Both Sides of the Blood-Red Waters

“Allan Boesak breaks the awful silence of prophetic Christianity in our contemporary times.Boesak recognizes the kindred struggles intersecting our world, but returns again and again to the South African context, revisiting and re-constructing the resources required for a prophetic theology for this contextual ‘moment.’ The book offers a careful analysis of the prophetic theological trajectory, gathering what remains useful and forging what is needed to do prophetic theology in and for our globalized world.”


— Gerald O. West, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa





“Boesak’s keen analyses and persuasive arguments invite readers to take seriously contemporary cries for freedom and the braided significance of world-wide longing for justice. Allan Boesak says there comes a time in freedom struggles when we must acknowledge the transformative power of religion. Many scholars who study transatlantic hegemony possess an impulse to cut corners, and in turn, they are inattentive, conceptually timid, and lack vital engagement in assessing the ‘power of Sizwe,’ the soul-force in liberation movements.”


—Katie G. Cannon, Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia





“. . . a primer on hope born in struggle that is incisive. This book is grounded historically, autobiographically, and prophetically. Every page is a theological history of how people stay in the struggle for human dignity and freedom, undergirded by faith in God and in people. It is a major work for our times.”


—Valerie Bridgeman, Methodist Theological School, Ohio