Talk:The Annunciation (Tanner)

"Perhaps influenced by the fundamentalist teachings of the African Methodist Episcopal Church"
a quick question about this - before the line about Gabriel appearing as a shaft of light, the prose says "Perhaps influenced by the fundamentalist teachings of the African Methodist Episcopal Church"... I don't really see what the connection is between that and Gabriel appearing as a column of light? The first source connects the design with Tanner's experience in the holy land, but doesn't say it's due to fundamentalist teachings... And the second source no longer seems to be accessible. Is the connection made in that source? Or was it just your own supposition that the two things might be connected? Cheers &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:20, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Luckily, I took screenshots of the book pages in case this happens. According to page 162: "The most striking contrast between the two works is Tanner's innovative use, possibly deriving from his fundamentalist religion, of a column of light to stand for Gabriel..." GeneralPoxter (talk) 13:15, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
 * And "fundamentalist religion" obviously does not refer to the Christian religion in general, but to a specific denomination, which is the AME as clarified in source 2 and in other parts of the Mosby book: "...African Methodist Episcopal literature, the denomination in which Tanner was reared." (p. 180) GeneralPoxter (talk) 13:35, 2 April 2021 (UTC)