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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... speak to them. reading, writing, and religion This ambience marked the proselytizing e¤orts of the Baptists and Methodists. “The spread of Baptist and Methodist evangelicalism between 1770 and 1820,” observes Albert Raboteau, “changed ...
... 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 After the ...
... 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 stu¤ of legend. A former slave recounted the following story ...
... speak the language of it both in English 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 angel and ...
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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 |