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Autore |
Johnson Andre E |
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Titolo |
The forgotten prophet [[electronic resource] ] : Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American prophetic tradition / / Andre E. Johnson |
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Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-7391-7854-7 |
1-283-63923-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (134 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Black theology |
African Americans - Religion |
Prophecy - Christianity |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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