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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... Holy Spirit, and the mighty acts of God supplanted 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 ...
... holy scriptures that God grants victory to the unlikeliest people — people like themselves — and by the unlikeliest means . The Bible privileges those without privilege and honors those without honor . And so there is a special affinity ...
... holy scripture had made slaves no less than their masters in the divine image and likeness. The Apostle Paul had de- clared that master and slave were equal in God's sight. And in the book of Exodus God had freed the ancient Hebrews ...
... Holy Writ . But even those African slaves who came to the New World as Christians had yet to read the Bible for themselves . Into what was to become Louisi- ana and Florida , Spanish ships brought many Catholic Angolan slaves ...
... holy scripture. The two essential tenets of Evangelicalism were the paramount authority of the Bible and direct personal experience of God.3 Unmediated access to the Bible was an Evangelical imperative. Thus for Evangelicals, read- ing ...
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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 |