TY - BOOK AU - Valentine,Gilbert M. TI - 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 SN - 9780816324859 (pbk.) AV - BX6149 .V35 2011 U1 - 286.7/3209 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Oshawa, Ont., Canada, Nampa, Idaho PB - Pacific Press Pub. Association KW - White, Ellen Gould Harmon, KW - General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists KW - Presidents KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Seventh-Day Adventists KW - Government N1 - 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 ER -