What we can learn fron non-biblical prophet movements
Frequently a new religion comes into being by means of a prophet—a per-son feeling himself divinely commissioned, who has had divine revelations and feels compelled to inform his fellow men of them. Should people respond to his message a prophet movement is born, and it may then develop into a new r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Donner Institute
1975-01-01
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| Series: | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67084 |
| Summary: | Frequently a new religion comes into being by means of a prophet—a per-son feeling himself divinely commissioned, who has had divine revelations and feels compelled to inform his fellow men of them. Should people respond to his message a prophet movement is born, and it may then develop into a new religion. If a number of prophet movements are examined, so many of their features appear similar or identical that one is justified in speaking about a "prophet pattern". The different elements of this prophet pattern stand out clearly if we try to answer these three questions: 1. Which are the causes for the appearance of a prophet? 2. What is the significance of his message? What function does it have? 3. Why do certain prophets get followers, but not others? |
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| ISSN: | 0582-3226 2343-4937 |