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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... called “ gospel ” takes its name from its obsession with biblical stories from the life of Jesus . Yet biblical phrases and motifs have been manifest in African- American life far beyond the boundaries that moderns have marked off with ...
... called “a theological space” in which young black people identify with his biblical words and deeds. The Bible has been available to African Americans as no other litera- ture. “Biblical imagery was used because it was at hand,” writes ...
... that the lines of Arabic script were from neither an Arabic text nor an Arabic translation of an English text. London had used Arabic letters to transliterate a few sentences into what Hodgson called " the 1 1 The Talking Book.
... called Sabbath Schools for the instruction of African Americans in several states. At the same time, some leaders of the American Revolu- tion championed universal literacy as a necessity for the advancement of democracy, and plans for ...
... called in its table of contents the book of Tobit is numbered among “ the Books called the Apocrypha , ” the traditional collection of fourteen books usually placed in the Bible between the Old and New Testaments . The Apocrypha's value ...
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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 |