The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition, by Andre E. Johnson, is a study of the prophetic rhetoric of nineteenth century 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. As one of America’s earliest black activists and social reformers, Bishop Turner made an indelible mark in American history and left behind an enduring social influence through his speeches, writings, and prophetic addresses. This text offers a definition of prophetic rhetoric and examines the existing genres of prophetic discourse, suggesting that there are other types of prophetic rhetorics, especially within the African American prophetic tradition. In examining these modes of discourses from 1866-1895, this study further examines how Turner’s rhetoric shifted over time. It examines how Turner found a voice to article not only his views and positions, but also in the prophetic tradition, the views of people he claimed to represent. The Forgotten Prophet is a significant contribution to the study of Bishop Turner and the African American prophetic tradition.

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

Biographies & Memoirs

Johnson, Andre E.

Community & Culture

Lexington Books

The Forgotten Prophet: Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and the African American Prophetic Tradition, by Andre E. Johnson, is a study of the prophetic rhetoric of nineteenth century 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. As one of America’s earliest black activists and social reformers, Bishop Turner made an indelible mark in American history and left behind an enduring social influence through his speeches, writings, and prophetic addresses. This text offers a definition of prophetic rhetoric and examines the existing genres of prophetic discourse, suggesting that there are other types of prophetic rhetorics, especially within the African American prophetic tradition. In examining these modes of discourses from 1866-1895, this study further examines how Turner’s rhetoric shifted over time. It examines how Turner found a voice to article not only his views and positions, but also in the prophetic tradition, the views of people he claimed to represent. The Forgotten Prophet is a significant contribution to the study of Bishop Turner and the African American prophetic tradition.

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition, Volume I (Studies in Communication, Culture, Race, and Religion, 1)

The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition is a two volume collection of sermons from those who preach within the Black preaching tradition during the COVID19 pandemic.

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Traditionis a two-volume collection of sermons from those who preach within the Black preaching tradition during the COVID-19 pandemic. By publishing these sermons, the editors address questions such as what were those who preached in the Black preaching tradition sharing with their congregants? How were they incorporating and infusing COVID-19 in their sermons? What shape did the prophetic and priestly sermon take when preaching during a pandemic? Were specific models or types of sermons--womanist, prophetic/liberation, narrative, contemplative, celebrative, expository, thematic, induction, deductive--more frequently employed during a crisis? Across the two volumes, the editors collate 29 sermons and provide detailed introductions to each book examining the context and themes of the texts in an illuminating and accessible manner. It will make fascinating reading for students and scholars of Communication and Religious Studies.

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition, Volume II (Studies in Communication, Culture, Race, and Religion, 2)

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Traditionis a two-volume collection of sermons from those who preach within the Black preaching tradition during the COVID-19 pandemic. &#12288; By publishing these sermons, the editors address questions such as what were those who preached in the Black preaching tradition sharing with their congregants? How were they incorporating and infusing COVID-19 in their sermons? What shape did the prophetic and priestly sermon take when preaching during a pandemic? Were specific models or types of sermons--womanist, prophetic/liberation, narrative, contemplative, celebrative, expository, thematic, induction, deductive--more frequently employed during a crisis?&#12288; Across the two volumes, the editors collate 29 sermons and provide detailed introductions to each book examining the context and themes of the texts in an illuminating and accessible manner. It will make fascinating reading for students and scholars of Communication and Religious Studies.

Winner of the 2021 Book of the Year Award from the Religious Communication Association Winner of the 2021 Top Book Award from the National Communication Association's African American Communication and Culture Division & Black Caucus No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner is a history of the career of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (1834?1915), specifically focusing on his work from 1896 to 1915. Drawing on the copious amount of material from Turner?s speeches, editorial, and open and private letters, Andre E. Johnson tells a story of how Turner provided rhetorical leadership during a period in which America defaulted on many of the rights and privileges gained for African Americans during Reconstruction. Unlike many of his contemporaries during this period, Turner did not opt to proclaim an optimistic view of race relations. Instead, Johnson argues that Turner adopted a prophetic persona of a pessimistic prophet who not only spoke truth to power but, in so doing, also challenged and pushed African Americans to believe in themselves. At this time in his life, Turner had no confidence in American institutions or that the American people would live up to the promises outlined in their sacred documents. While he argued that emigration was the only way for African Americans to retain their ?personhood? status, he also would come to believe that African Americans would never emigrate to Africa. He argued that many African Americans were so oppressed and so stripped of agency because they were surrounded by continued negative assessments of their personhood that belief in emigration was not possible. Turner?s position limited his rhetorical options, but by adopting a pessimistic prophetic voice that bore witness to the atrocities African Americans faced, Turner found space for his oratory, which reflected itself within the lament tradition of prophecy.

No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

History

Americas

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

In the wake of George Floyd's murder in May 2020, protests broke out in Minneapolis and quickly spread across the United States. National unrest led to the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and added to calls for justice in other American cities, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Tulsa, and Louisville, Kentucky, where only months earlier, Breonna Taylor was killed by police. By some estimates, BLM protesters numbered between fifteen million and twenty-six million in the US and abroad. The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement spotlights the perspectives of individual participants who contributed to the movement's revived impact and global success throughout 2020. Authors Andre E. Johnson and Amanda Nell Edgar interview the movement's activists--from seasoned organizers to first-time protesters--to discover what Black Lives Matter meant to those who participated in one of America's largest social movements. Johnson and Edgar's fieldwork reveals the complexity of taking a stand, especially in the face of increasing threats from white supremacist groups, continuing police aggression, and a persisting global pandemic. In a time with unprecedented levels of political polarization, the wave of support for the Black Lives Matter movement powerfully disrupted that expectation. Without a clear sense of what led to the surge in support for Black Lives Matter, racial justice advocates are left ill-equipped to maintain and harness the political momentum necessary to achieve lasting equity and justice. In delving beyond a conventional focus on leaders and figureheads, this volume bolsters social movement research by accounting for the increasing numbers of Black Lives Matter supporters and demonstrators and the lasting power of their message.

Edgar, Amanda Nell

Summer Of 2020

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi

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

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

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition, Volume I (Studies in Communication, Culture, Race, and Religion, 1)

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition, Volume I (Studies in Communication, Culture, Race, and Religion, 1)

Preaching During a Pandemic: The Rhetoric of the Black Preaching Tradition, Volume II (Studies in Communication, Culture, Race, and Religion, 2)

No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)

Summer Of 2020