The Forgotten Prophet - Bishop Henry Mcneal Turner African American Prophetic Tradition

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1. "Let By-Gones be By-Gones": Emancipation and Turner's Celebratory Prophecy
Chapter 2. "Hurling Thunderbolts" and "Fighting the Devil with Fire": Turner's Prophetic Disputation
Chapter 3. "To Seek Other Quarters": Turner's Mission-Oriented Prophecy
Chapter 4. "No Future for the Negro": Turner's Pessimistic Prophecy
Conclusion

About the author

Andre E. Johnson is the Dr. James L. Netters professor of Rhetoric & Religion and African American Studies at Memphis Theological Seminary.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Andre E. Johnson, Johnson Andre E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2012
• EAN: 9780739167144
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6714-4
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / General, Ethnic Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Sermons / Christian, Christianity, Biography: religious & spiritual, United States of America, USA, Biography: religious and spiritual, Black & Asian Studies, Christian ministry & pastoral activity, Religious ministry and clergy, Sermons, Christian sermons, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural & Regional