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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... race who could read and write, he generally preached and would, at times and places unknown to the master, call his fellow slaves together and hold religious services with them. It was to such leaders as these that the slaves owed much ...
... race of people trying to go to school . " 60 African Americans were learning en masse to read the Bible as a book both opened and closed . As the Word of God , it spoke to them with words that lent a new language to their dreams and ...
... race with scornful eye , " Their color is a diabolic die . " Remember , Christians , Negroes , black as Cain , May be refin'd , and join th'angelic train . ” The victim of a kidnapping celebrates as providential the crime perpe- trated ...
... race has been the servant of servants to their brethren of the other races during all the long and dreary ages of the Hebrew and Christian dispensations . And it is this service that they have so patiently rendered through blood and ...
... racial dis- crimination in the second quarter of the nineteenth century . Like Jarena Lee before her , Stewart too had initial misgivings about her vocation to proclaim what she called “ the pure principals of religion . ” “ I found ...
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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 |