prophetic movement

Other scholars use the term prophetic movements because many movements are started or propagated by prophetlike leaders. There is also a tendency among modern anthropologists to label messianic movements in premodern and world cultures as protonationalist.

…sustained by the community, Christian prophetic movements are organized around an individual. They are like indigenous African religions in that they are preoccupied with healing. Prophets are considered charged by God with the task of purifying the people and struggling against witchcraft. Public confessions, exorcisms, and purifying baptisms are dominant…