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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... vision the people perish.” In the Bible, slavery's children found “such compelling images” to live by, that they might not perish in the howling wilderness of America. American slaves did not read the Bible through, or even over and ...
... vision ” ( Acts 12 : 7–9 ) . “ Like Peter in prison , ” Jea was rescued from a dark prison by an angel , and miraculously liber- ated from illiteracy.45 Even his account of that liberation is couched in the words of the Book . The limit ...
... vision of global peace, heralding the abolition of weapons of mass destruction everywhere and for all time, comes from a prophetic oracle of the Bible. Its words adorn the United Nations building: “And they shall beat their swords into ...
... vision as John does on Patmos in the book of Revelation, the singers of the Negro spirituals had to meet the requirements of Evangelical Christian deportment: I want to be ready I want to be ready I want to be ready To walk in Jerusalem ...
... vision of a valley of bleached bones has become a recurring text in African - American arts and letters because it speaks to the permanent exile of Africans in the Western Hemisphere . The story of the Exodus has been the most ...
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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 |