The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition

by Andre E. Johnson

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739197673
• ISBN13: 9780739197677
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"