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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... turns a mercenary , a murderer , and a Peeping Tom . His dynasty is a disaster , and the nation over which his troubled descendants rule is eventually overrun by a succes- sion of foreign empires even as it collapses from the force of ...
... turn to him with your whole heart , and with your whole mind , and deal uprightly before him , then will he turn unto you : Therefore see what he will do with you , and confess him with your whole mouth , and praise the Lord of might ...
... turn elicit a choral response was an oral pattern that approximated traditional forms of West African musical composition . African - American singers plied this ancestral musical form in setting biblical phrases and stories to ...
... turn right pale — and sisters and brothers, there am what the first white man come from.”11 The folktale, of course, stands the conventional anti-African interpretation on its head. The first fratricide is not the occasion for the ...
... turn in a popular folk song : " Our Father , who art in Heaven ! " — White man owe me eleven and pay me seven " Thy Kingdom come ! Thy Will be done ! " — And if I hadn't took that , I wouldn't get none . ' There were black Christians ...
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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 |