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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... words in this work first ap- peared in others. I anticipated what I have written here about the Apostle Paul in an article that appeared in a collection of essays on slavery and bib- lical interpretation. The chapter on Exile elaborates ...
... word religion . In traditional parlance still used in some African- American churches , what preachers do with the Bible in their sermons is spoken of as " taking a text . ” American slaves and their descendants have taken the texts of ...
... 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 historian of religion Charles Long. “It was adapted to and invested with the experi ...
... words it said; But when I begun to learn it, Folks just shook their heads, And said there was no use trying, Oh! Chloe, you're too late; But as I was rising sixty, I had no time to wait. So I got a pair of glasses, And straight to work ...
... word / And the word was with God / And the word was God , ” the opening words of the Gospel of John in the New Testament.1 African Americans first encountered the Bible as strangers in a strange land of slavery , through the strange ...
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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 |