Prophet Harris, The 'Black Elijah' of West Africa : : Abridged by Jocelyn Murray / / David A. Shank.

• Superior document: Studies of Religion in Africa Series ; v.10
• VerfasserIn: Shank, David A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies of Religion in Africa Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages)

This comprehensive study of West Africa's famed Prophet Harris exploits unused sources, revealing Bible-inspired messianism as the source of massive religious innovation and modernization, and well-intentioned missionary responses to his impact as the source of long-standing Ivoirian religious contentions.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Editor's preface -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- PART ONE THE HISTORICAL MISSION OF THE PROPHET HARRIS -- Chapter One: The prophetic mission of William Wadé Harris -- PART TWO THE MAKING OF THE PROPHET -- Chapter Two: The roots of the Prophet Harris -- Chapter Three: Preprophetic adulthood, I: 1881-1899 -- Chapter Four: Preprophetic adulthood, II: 1899-1910 -- Chapter Five: The trance-visitation of 1910 -- Illustrations I-IX -- PART THREE PROPHETIC THOUGHT PATTERNS -- Chapter Six: Biblical eschatology: the key to Harris's patterns of thought -- Chapter Seven: Patterns in Biblical understanding -- Chapter Eight: "Spiritual" phenomena as thought patterns -- Chapter Nine: Symbolic patterns -- Chapter Ten: The prophetic word -- Chapter Eleven: Patterns of thought relating to missions and churches -- Chapter Twelve: Patterns of thought relating to colonial administration and political government -- Chapter Thirteen: Post-Scriptum -- Bibliography -- Index -- STUDIES OF RELIGION IN AFRICA.