The Talking Book: African Americans and the BibleYale University Press, 1 okt. 2008 - 295 sidor 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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... ancient tales of martial valor. Biblical patriarchs and heroes now sat on the stools of the esteemed ancestors of ages past. Biblical imagery was also the idiom for remnants of traditional West African material culture. The themes of ...
... ancient myths that their African ancestors had wrought in cloth with the same techniques. As modernity's most ... ancient custom of primogeniture: the second child, the also-ran of the family, gets what was intended for the firstborn son ...
... ancient Hebrews from bondage in Egypt: the liberation of slaves had been God's will. These were ideas at least as revolutionary as any Je¤ersonian proposition. In the scriptures they found a God that “sits high and looks low,” as a ...
... ancient history and an ignoble modern legacy. On the margins of American society, they remained at the center of its most bitter conflicts. Long after the fall of the slave regime, slavery's children bear the indelible marks of these ...
... ancient West African gesture used by a queen mother to remind others of her matriarchal authority. But unlike Michelangelo's portrait of Eve on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the supporting characters of her cosmic tragedy do not ...
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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 Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2008 |
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2006 |
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2006 |