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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... preaching is a venerable art form with all the virtuosity and inventiveness of jazz , a sermon not based on a ... preachers do with the Bible in their sermons is spoken of as " taking a text . ” American slaves and their descendants have ...
... preachers traveled through the colonies — and later the states and territories of the new nation — inviting their hearers to ... preaching of Evangelicals was inclusive in the ex- treme. The social unit of measurement for the Evangelical ...
... preachers as well.6 Evangelical Christianity was and remains a formidable force in African- American religion. This is not to suggest that anything like a majority of American slaves were Evangelical Christians or Christians of any kind ...
... , for respectability under the Southern slave regime . The early decades of this period gave rise to a cadre of virtually independent black preachers who shepherded black congregations. Both ideologically and THE TALKING BOOK 5.
... preachers “should never be taken from among themselves,” because “the circumstances preclude them from the ... preached that the Israelites were “a type of successful resistance to tyranny; and it was argued, that now, as then, God would ...
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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 |