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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... identified as the trope of the Talking Book.38 The first occurrence of the Talking Book is the memoir of freed Af- rican slave James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert ...
... .12 These ancient and medieval interpretations would contribute to the biblical myth of Hamitic depravity punished by the sentence of slavery. Because Ham and his progeny were identified with African peoples 28 the poison book.
... identified African Americans as the distant descendants of the amalgam- ated lines of Cush ( Ethiopia ) and Misraim ( Egypt ) . He debunks the curse of Ham by pointing out that Canaan alone was cursed , and not the entire Hamitic line ...
... identified " the mournful wail of millions " of African - American slaves with the an- cient blues refrain from Psalm 137 , “ the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe - smitten people . " 4 The cause for this lament , the engine of ...
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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 |