The forgotten prophet : Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American prophetic tradition / / Andre E. Johnson
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| Autore: |
Johnson Andre E
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| Titolo: |
The forgotten prophet : Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American prophetic tradition / / Andre E. Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (134 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 287/.8092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Black theology |
| African Americans - Religion | |
| Prophecy - Christianity | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The forgotten prophet |
| ISBN: | 0-7391-7854-7 |
| 1-283-63923-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813918903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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