Joel E Tishken
Biographic Data
| ID | 99926 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joel E Tishken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joel E |
| FAMILY NAME | Tishken |
| SIGNATURE | TISHKEN J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Africa always brings us something new
This article outlines and interrogates the historiography, major debates, critical works, and typological disputes in the study of African Zionist and African Pentecostal Christianities. We contend that despite the many valid historiographic and typological critiques advanced in recent decades, the categories of Zionist and Pentecostal continue to retain validity and utility to scholars and practitioners alike
The Nazareth Baptist Church as Subordinationist Christianity
In response to earlier syncretic and nationalist approaches, recent scholarship has avoided questions of how African Zionist churches fit within Christendom. This article contends that we should not abandon such comparative questions, even though the first and second generation of attempts produced results we now find objectionable. An examination of the theology of Isaiah Shembe and the early Nazareth Baptist Church reveals both a soteriology an…
Neither Anglican nor Ethiopian
This article examines two failed schismatic movements that emerged in 1863 and 1876 within the Liberian Episcopal Church. The goal in both schisms was the creation of an autonomous Liberian Episcopal church that would be ruled by blacks but remain part of the Anglican Communion. The failure of both attempts can be attributed to the same two factors: race and ecclesiastical politics. Both movements were created by Americo-Liberian clergy, yet it f…
A Brief History and Typology of the African Reformation
This introductory essay elucidates the three phases of new African Christianity: Ethiopian churches, Zionist churches, and African Pentecostalism. In so doing, it provides a basic typology and history of the African Reformation, while simultaneously contextualizing the articles in this collection. Articles in this special issue, unlike much previous scholarship, explains African churches on their own internal terms, rather than external Western o…
The History of Prophecy in West Africa
This article examines the role of prophecy in the religious history of West Africa. Examples of prophecy are provided from indigenous religions, Islam, and Christianity. Prophetic movements were less common in the history of Islam due to Islamic theology, however, they were quite common in the history of West African indigenous religions and Christianity
Whose Nazareth Baptist Church
This article examines the succession of leadership within the Nazareth Baptist Church of South Africa, a prophetically grounded Afro-Christian Church. Over its near century of existence, the church has changed central leadership on three occasions. Successful claimants have all been male relatives of the founder, Isaiah Shembe, and have all demonstrated an ability to prophesy and heal. Each successful claimant has used the content of prophetic dr…
Violence in Nigeria
Ethnicity and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Ethnicity and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Africa always brings us something new
This article outlines and interrogates the historiography, major debates, critical works, and typological disputes in the study of African Zionist and African Pentecostal Christianities. We contend that despite the many valid historiographic and typological critiques advanced in recent decades, the categories of Zionist and Pentecostal continue to retain validity and utility to scholars and practitioners alike
The Nazareth Baptist Church as Subordinationist Christianity
In response to earlier syncretic and nationalist approaches, recent scholarship has avoided questions of how African Zionist churches fit within Christendom. This article contends that we should not abandon such comparative questions, even though the first and second generation of attempts produced results we now find objectionable. An examination of the theology of Isaiah Shembe and the early Nazareth Baptist Church reveals both a soteriology an…
The History of Prophecy in West Africa
This article examines the role of prophecy in the religious history of West Africa. Examples of prophecy are provided from indigenous religions, Islam, and Christianity. Prophetic movements were less common in the history of Islam due to Islamic theology, however, they were quite common in the history of West African indigenous religions and Christianity
Ethnicity and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
Violence in Nigeria
Whose Nazareth Baptist Church
This article examines the succession of leadership within the Nazareth Baptist Church of South Africa, a prophetically grounded Afro-Christian Church. Over its near century of existence, the church has changed central leadership on three occasions. Successful claimants have all been male relatives of the founder, Isaiah Shembe, and have all demonstrated an ability to prophesy and heal. Each successful claimant has used the content of prophetic dr…
The History of Prophecy in West Africa
This article examines the role of prophecy in the religious history of West Africa. Examples of prophecy are provided from indigenous religions, Islam, and Christianity. Prophetic movements were less common in the history of Islam due to Islamic theology, however, they were quite common in the history of West African indigenous religions and Christianity
A Brief History and Typology of the African Reformation
This introductory essay elucidates the three phases of new African Christianity: Ethiopian churches, Zionist churches, and African Pentecostalism. In so doing, it provides a basic typology and history of the African Reformation, while simultaneously contextualizing the articles in this collection. Articles in this special issue, unlike much previous scholarship, explains African churches on their own internal terms, rather than external Western o…
Neither Anglican nor Ethiopian
This article examines two failed schismatic movements that emerged in 1863 and 1876 within the Liberian Episcopal Church. The goal in both schisms was the creation of an autonomous Liberian Episcopal church that would be ruled by blacks but remain part of the Anglican Communion. The failure of both attempts can be attributed to the same two factors: race and ecclesiastical politics. Both movements were created by Americo-Liberian clergy, yet it f…
Africa always brings us something new
This article outlines and interrogates the historiography, major debates, critical works, and typological disputes in the study of African Zionist and African Pentecostal Christianities. We contend that despite the many valid historiographic and typological critiques advanced in recent decades, the categories of Zionist and Pentecostal continue to retain validity and utility to scholars and practitioners alike
The Nazareth Baptist Church as Subordinationist Christianity
In response to earlier syncretic and nationalist approaches, recent scholarship has avoided questions of how African Zionist churches fit within Christendom. This article contends that we should not abandon such comparative questions, even though the first and second generation of attempts produced results we now find objectionable. An examination of the theology of Isaiah Shembe and the early Nazareth Baptist Church reveals both a soteriology an…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · African history and culture analysis (5 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Religious studies (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · History of religions (4 works) · Law (4 works)