Preface -- Introduction Prophetic Theology in the Church Today -- Part 1 The Origins of the Prophetic Church -- The Prophets of Ancient Israel: Developments and Difficulties -- The Prophets of Ancient Israel: Their Message for Today -- Jesus Christ as Prophet -- Part 2 The Betrayal of the Prophetic Church -- The Christian Crusades of the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries -- Prophetic Theology and Imperialism: The Colonial Sermons of the Early Seventeenth Century -- Imperialism Replacing Prophetic Theology: The Hymns of Isaac Watts -- Mission on the Edges of Christianity: Three Conversations -- Part 3 The Recovery of the Prophetic Church -- Prophetic Theology from Martin Luther to Max Weber -- The Prophetic Theology of Paul Tillich -- The Prophetic Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr -- Part 4 Towards the Prophetic Church -- A Theory of Theological Development from the Perspective of Western Christian Faith -- Towards a Theology of Prophetic Action -- Theological Education for a Prophetic Church -- Appendix 1 Criteria for Prophetic Action -- Appendix 2 Annotated Bibliography for Chapter 3 -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Names and Subjects.