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The forgotten prophet : Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American prophetic tradition / Andre E. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Andre E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black theology.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Prophecy--Christianity.
- Prophecy.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church--History--19th century.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church.
- African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops.
- Turner, Henry McNeal, 1834-1915.
- Turner, Henry McNeal.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (134 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9798765183816
- 0-7391-7854-7
- 1-283-63923-8
- OCLC:
- 814372593
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