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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465625103321

Autore

Johnson Andre E

Titolo

The forgotten prophet [[electronic resource] ] : Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American prophetic tradition / / Andre E. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

0-7391-7854-7

1-283-63923-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (134 p.)

Disciplina

287/.8092

Soggetti

Black theology

African Americans - Religion

Prophecy - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Forgotten Prophet; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One "Let By-Gones be By-Gones": Emancipation and Turner's Celebratory Prophecy; Chapter Two "Hurling Thunderbolts" and "Fighting the Devil with Fire": Turner's Prophetic Disputation; Chapter Three "To Seek Other Quarters": Turner's Mission-Oriented Prophecy; Chapter Four "No Future for the Negro": Turner's Pessimistic Prophecy; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a study of the prophetic rhetoric of African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop Henry McNeal Turner. By locating Turner within the African American prophetic tradition, Johnson examines how Bishop Turner adopted a prophetic persona and became a leading social activist of the late nineteenth century.