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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... missionaries or masters whatso- ever.”13 Some white Evangelicals balked at the notion of a black pastorate: a Presbyterian leader advised his church that slave preachers “should never be taken from among themselves,” because “the ...
... missionaries to take the teeth out of Evangelical religion . The master class would learn from the Christian slave revolts of the first third of the nineteenth century the incendiary potential of uncensored religious instruction in the ...
... missionaries to their slaves who would indoctrinate them with biblical exhortations to submission . James L. Belin ... missionary . Glennie rotated among the plantations so that he visited each one once or twice a month , and his slave ...
... than that of conventional Anglican liturgy , but the liturgical form was also shaped by the exigencies of illiterate worship.34 Elizabeth Botume was among the abolitionists , missionaries , teach- THE TALKING BOOK 11.
... missionaries , teach- ers , and journalists called Gideon's Band that accompanied Yankee sol- diers who occupied South Carolina's Sea Islands during the Civil War . At Christmas the slaves on Hilton Head Island invited her to preach for ...
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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 |