The Talking Book: African Americans and the BibleYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 295 páginas A striking narrative of the Bible’s central role in African-American history from the early days of slavery to the present The Talking Book casts the Bible as the central character in a vivid portrait of black America, tracing the origins of African-American culture from slavery’s secluded forest prayer meetings to the bright lights and bold style of today’s hip-hop artists. The Bible has profoundly influenced African Americans throughout history. From a variety of perspectives this wide-ranging book is the first to explore the Bible’s role in the triumph of the black experience. Using the Bible as a foundation, African Americans shared religious beliefs, created their own music, and shaped the ultimate key to their freedom—literacy. Allen Callahan highlights the intersection of biblical images with African-American music, politics, religion, art, and literature. The author tells a moving story of a biblically informed African-American culture, identifying four major biblical images—Exile, Exodus, Ethiopia, and Emmanuel. He brings these themes to life in a unique African-American history that grows from the harsh experience of slavery into a rich culture that endures as one of the most important forces of twenty-first-century America. |
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... American interpretations of the figure of Jesus. In that summary review I said little about Hip-Hop and “Gansta” Rap, cultural forces of which I was then only dimly aware. I have ranged freely through ... slavery in America x acknowledgments.
... slavery in America . And the Bible , as no other book , is the book of slavery's children . The evidence is everywhere in African - American culture . In black churches , of course , where preaching is a venerable art form with all the ...
... slavery's children found “such compelling images” to live by, that they might not perish in the howling wilderness of America. American slaves did not read the Bible through, or even over and against, the traditions they brought with ...
... slaves and their descendants discerned something in the ... American prayer puts it; that the humble are exalted and exalted humbled; that the judgment of God would be the justice of the slave. From the periphery of a hostile world, slavery's ...
... slaves. Before the beginning of the eighteenth century, few slaves professed ... slavery as divinely ordained, and those texts were heard but rarely read by ... American public school movement were Evangelical members of the clergy and ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |
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The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |