The prophet and the presidents : Ellen G. White and the processes of change, 1887-1913 : a study of Ellen White's influence on the administrative leadership of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church /

Valentine, Gilbert M.

The prophet and the presidents : Ellen G. White and the processes of change, 1887-1913 : a study of Ellen White's influence on the administrative leadership of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church / Gilbert M. Valentine. - Oshawa, Ont., Canada ; Nampa, Idaho : Pacific Press Pub. Association, c2011. - 383 p. ; 23 cm.

The prophets and politics: scriptural precedents -- Spiritual leadership as "political" skill -- Ole Andres Olsen: a reluctant president (1888-1893) -- Four more years for Ole Olsen (1893-1897) -- George A. Irwin: a war veteran from the South (1897-1901) -- A second term for George Irwin (1899-1901) -- Rumors of conspiracy and leadership transitions: -- G.A. Irwin to A.G. Daniells (1900-1901) -- A.G. Daniells and the process of reform (1901-1903) -- A.G. Daniells survives the 1903 general conference session -- Administration and charisma in the post-crisis years (1903-1913) -- A hermeneutical paradigm for understanding the Ellen White of the 1890s.

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White, Ellen Gould Harmon, 1827-1915.


General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists--Presidents--History--19th century.
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists--Presidents--History--20th century.


Seventh-Day Adventists--Government--History--19th century.
Seventh-Day Adventists--Government--History--20th century.

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