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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... Testament , become ancient Israel's dustbin of history . The biblical penchant for bringing peripheral people to the center of history continues con brio in the New Testament . The Savior of the world hails from the jerkwater of ...
... Testament. Then I got a little cabin— A place to call my own— And I felt as independent As the queen upon her throne. —Frances Harper, “Learning to Read” HE WAS STYMIED. In the 1850s, William Brown Hodgson struggled to translate a ...
... Testaments . The Apocrypha's value had been disputed since the Reformation : Martin Luther had openly disdained them , translating them hastily and under protest , and the Westminster Confession of 1648 would ultimately pronounce them ...
... Testament one rainy evening , Dupree picked up Father Woods's Bible and , driven by sheer desire , began to read the first three chapters of the Gospel of John . “ 47 Shaker Eldress and visionary Rebecca Cox Jackson , a free black woman ...
... Testament seemed to condemn Africans and their descendants to slavery because they were Africans. Toxic texts in the New Testament seemed to condemn Africans the poison book 25.
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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 |