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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... Canaan, New Hampshire, Garnet fired a shotgun through the window of his dwelling to fend off irate townspeople who opposed the school's interracial policies. Son of a slave who had stolen his entire family out of bondage, formally ...
... Canaan: “Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren” (9:25). On the slender thread of this obscure text exegetes spun out an interpretation claiming Ham's descendants as bearing an intergenerational curse of ...
... Canaan alone was cursed , and not the entire Hamitic line from which all Africans are descended . Writing in the third quarter of the nineteenth century , however , Episcopal priest James Theo- dore Holly grants that the Hamitic heir Canaan ...
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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 |