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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... never passes away. For it is your own unchanging purpose that they read, choosing to make it their own and cherishing it for themselves. The book they read shall not be closed. For them the scroll shall not be furled. For you yourself ...
... never have come to press. Some of the thoughts and a few of the 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 ...
... never stopped til I could read The hymns and Testament. Then I got a little cabin— A place to call my own— And I felt as independent As the queen upon her throne. —Frances Harper, “Learning to Read” HE WAS STYMIED. In the 1850s, William ...
... Never have I been so struck with the appearance of an assembly as when I have glanced my eye to that part of the meeting house where they usually sit, with so many black countenances eagerly attentive to every word they hear, frequently ...
... never be taken from among themselves,” because “the circumstances preclude them from the preparation and study which such a charge involves.” But biblical literacy was so important to Evangelical religion that Evangelicals challenged ...
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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 |