William Wade Harris
William Wadé Harris (* 1850 ?; † 1929 ) was a Liberian evangelist and prophet who was considered the "Black Elijah " of West Africa .
He was the founder of the churches of the Harristian Church in the French colony of Ivory Coast , which later spread to Liberia , Ghana and France . He created a cult that combines Christian elements with traditional rites .
Harris was one of the Grebo living in Liberia . He reported that while he was in prison, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him and announced that he had been chosen to be God's prophet. After his release he moved around as an itinerant preacher, faith healer and exorcist and came to Ghana via the Ivory Coast . Several thousand people were converted through him.
Name variations for the movement
Nkabah or Church of the Twelve Apostles, Harrist Church, Église harriste, Harrismus, Harris Movement churches, Harris Movement
See also
literature
- F. Deavile Walker: The Story of the Ivory Coast
- Deavile Walker: Harris le prophète noir. Instrument d'unpuissant reveil en Côte d'Ivoire , Paris, Privas, 1931
- Pierre Benoît: More About the Prophet Harris
- Katesa Schlosser : Prophets in Africa. Braunschweig: Limbach, 1949 ( Research on cultural history, Vol. 3)
- Sheila S. Walker: The Religious Revolution in the Ivory Coast: The Prophet Harris and the Harrist Church (Studies in Religion): University of North Carolina Press (April 1983)
- Paul William Ahui: Le prophète William Wadé Harris. Son message d'humilité et de progrès , Abidjan, NEA, 1988
- David A. Shank: The Prophet Harris, the 'Black Elijah' of West Africa. Leiden 1994
- Robert Prater Hill: Seedtime and Harvest: Christian mission and colonial might in Côte d'Ivoire (1895-1920), with particular reference to the ministry of William Wadé Harris. Dissertation: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Theological Faculty, 2005 online resource (English)
Web links
- Short Biography of David A. Shank (English)
- Église du Christ - Mission Harris (French)
- Harris movement ( Britannica Online)
- Literature by and about William Wadé Harris in the catalog of the SUB Göttingen
- Newspaper article about William Wadé Harris in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harris, William Wade |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Liberian evangelist and prophet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1850 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1929 |