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Prophetic Movements

Prophetic Movements is a religious revitalization movement characterized by the emergence of charismatic prophets who claim divine revelation to inspire social transformation, restore spiritual authenticity, and resist external cultural domination within oppressed or marginalized communities.

163

Publications

6.8K

Citations

184

Authors

62

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

14

Variants

Prophetic Revitalization Movements

Parents

Publications

163

Bantu Prophets in South Africa

R Parsons, Bengt Sundkler · Review of Religious Research · 1962 · 315 citations

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Prophets of Rebellion: Millenarian Protest Movements against the European Colonial Order

Michael Barkun, Michael Adas · The American Historical Review · 1980 · 298 citations

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The Second Coming: Popular Millenarianism, 1780-1850

Richard A. Soloway, J. F. C. Harrison · The American Historical Review · 1980 · 239 citations

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The law and the prophets: black consciousness in South Africa, 1968-1977

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 207 citations

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Lost prophet: the life and times of Bayard Rustin

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 203 citations

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Authors

184

  1. WM
    Wyatt MacGaffey

    Haverford College, United States

    5 publications · 243 citations

    5

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  2. HE
    Harold E. Quinley

    University of Kansas, United States

    4 publications · 158 citations

    4

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  3. RA
    Richard A. Horsley

    University of Massachusetts Boston, United States

    4 publications · 325 citations

    4

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  4. TW
    Thomas W. Overholt

    University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, United States

    3 publications · 126 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. SE
    Sylvia E. Bowman

    2 publications · 68 citations

    2

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Institutions

62

  1. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    87 citations

  2. College of St. Scholastica

    Duluth, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    191 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    67 citations

  4. University of Massachusetts Boston

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    150 citations

  5. University of Zimbabwe

    Harare, Zimbabwe

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  6. Memorial University of Newfoundland

    St. John's, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Universiti Teknologi MARA

    Shah Alam, Malaysia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  8. Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”

    Vercelli, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 20 publications · 1.2K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 9 publications · 896 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. Journal of American History

    7 publications · 229 citations

    7

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  4. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 5 publications · 142 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. Sociological Analysis

    SA · 5 publications · 110 citations

    5

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