Amos
Amosc. 760 BCE
Amos is the fountainhead of prophetic social justice.
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Why It Matters
Amos is the fountainhead of prophetic social justice. His insistence that worship without ethical behavior is worthless influenced every subsequent prophet and became a cornerstone of liberation theology. Martin Luther King Jr. quoted him in his most famous speech.