A prophet of modern times : the thought of William Wade Harris, West African precursor of the Reign of Christ
The purpose of this study was to discover the thought and intention behind the religious breakthrough provoked in 1914 by William Wadd Harris of Half Graway, Liberia. The methodology entailed an examination of Harris's origins and pre-prophetic influences, and an exegesis of primary sources. Following a report of Harris's mission in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana, and a historiography of related writings, part I (the making of the prophet) describes the Glebo context of Harris's birth ca. 1860. It traces the effects of the introduction of Christianity into the traditional milieu in the ensuing religio-cultural conflict which produced the prophet. The influences which conditioned the prophetic call are thus exposed: the village of Glogbale, the colonial Liberians, Harris's pastor-uncle John C. Lowrie, the Liberian Methodist Church where he converted, his kruboy life, his years as a catechist-teacher in the Episcopal Church under Bishop S.D. Ferguson and the Liberian Republic. Harris's alienation from the Church-supported Republic is traced; special attention is given to alternative currents of thought coming from Edward W. Blyden and Charles T. Russell. His political activity is followed until
Shank, D. A.
Philosophy
A prophet of modern times : the thought of William Wade Harris, West African precursor of the Reign of Christ. The purpose of this study was to discover the thought and intention behind the religious breakthrough provoked in 1914 by William Wadd Harris of Half Graway, Liberia. The methodology entailed an examination of Harris's origins and pre-prophetic influences, and an exegesis of primary sources. Following a report of Harris's mission in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana, and a historiography of related writings, part I (the making of the prophet) describes the Glebo context of Harris's birth ca. 1860. It traces the effects of the introduction of Christianity into the traditional milieu in the ensuing religio-cultural conflict which produced the prophet. The influences which conditioned the prophetic call are thus exposed: the village of Glogbale, the colonial Liberians, Harris's pastor-uncle John C. Lowrie, the Liberian Methodist Church where he converted, his kruboy life, his years as a catechist-teacher in the Episcopal Church under Bishop S.D. Ferguson and the Liberian Republic. Harris's alienation from the Church-supported Republic is traced; special attention is given to alternative currents of thought coming from Edward W. Blyden and Charles T. Russell. His political activity is followed until
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