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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... African- American urban youth, and the figure of Jesus inhabits what poet Sonia Sanchez has called “a theological ... West Africa: they read the Bible as a text into which these traditions were woven. The characters and events of the Bible ...
... West African Muslim named London who was a slave on a Georgia plantation. The language corresponded to none of the dialects that the learned philologist knew. The letters formed the following mysterious sounds: “fas chapta o jon / inde ...
... West African musical composition . African - American singers plied this ancestral musical form in setting biblical phrases and stories to spontaneously improvised songs raised in worship . It was through the human voice , then , and ...
African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan. recounted former slave ... West Virginia during Reconstruction, Washington witnessed many men receive ... African Americans before and after Emancipation, literate slaves most often ...
... African- American leaders sympathetic to his opposition of the plan carried the debate, urging the capacity crowd at ... West African Mandinka and was proud of his pure-blood African heritage. His father had absconded from a Virginia ...
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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 |