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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... Israelites were “a type of successful resistance to tyranny; and it was argued, that now, as then, God would stretch forth his arm to save, and would strengthen a hundred to overthrow a thousand.”16 Ben Woolfolk was a slave who ac ...
... Israelites were in the service of king Pharaoh , they were taken from him by the power of God , and were carried away by Moses . God had blessed him with an angel to go with him , but that I could see nothing of that kind in these days ...
... Israelites ' Assyrian conquerors , had escaped judgment in the book of Jonah : there the Ninevites repented of their evil in response to Jonah's preaching . Nineveh is finally destroyed for its iniquities in the book of Tobit . American ...
... Israelite body politic , cries out in despair , " Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? " To this question the author of the Negro spiritual answers in the affirmative : There is a balm in Gilead To heal the sin ...
... martial narratives and imagery of the Bible . “ Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho " celebrates the miraculous victory of the Israelite campaign against the impregnable city of Jericho reported in the sixth chapter of THE GOOD BOOK 43.
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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 |