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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... speak to them. reading, writing, and religion This ambience marked the proselytizing efforts of the Baptists and Meth- odists. “The spread of Baptist and Methodist evangelicalism between 1770 and 1820 , ” observes Albert Raboteau ...
... speak , and he read to us from the Bible , how the Children of Israel were delivered out of Egypt from bondage . He said that the rising would take place , last Sunday night week , ( the 16th of June ) and that Peter Poyas was one.19 ...
... speak. This thought immediately presented itself to me, that every body and every thing despised me because I was black.39 The sons of his master read to him from the Bible as they sought to convince the slave convert John Jea that he ...
... speak , " that is , as open to him as to his readers . THE SPIRIT AND THE LETTER Some slaves became preachers in spite of illiteracy , and their rhetorical prowess came to be the stuff of legend . A former slave recounted the fol ...
... speak the language of it both in En- glish and in Dutch . I will therefore teach thee , and now read , " and then he taught me to read the first chapter of the gospel according to St. John . And when I had read the whole chapter , the ...
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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 |