“You Are Somebody”
A Study of the Prophetic Rhetoric of Rev. Henry Logan Starks, DMin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21581440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dianna N Watkins-Dickerson (corresponding author), Religious Communication Association |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 92-107 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Communication and Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-2838 |
| Publisher | Philosophy Documentation Center (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5840/jcr202043425 |
| OpenAlex | W4396588728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
While Revs. Martin Luther King Jr. and James Lawson are credited as the forces behind the Memphis sanitation strike, local faces galvanizing the movement are infrequently studied. The sacred rhetoric of African Methodist minister Rev. Henry Logan Starks—known as the “Gentle Giant” and trained in the tradition of holy defiance, transformative resistance, and Black liberation—is remembered and recalled as theologically transformative and prophetically provocative. Using ideological criticism, this essay will analyze the phrase “You are somebody” as an example of prophetic rhetoric and rhetorical re-conditioning
Environmental Science · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |