The Talking Book: African Americans and the BibleYale University Press, 01/10/2008 - 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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... learned much from each of these kind and learned colleagues. In addition, portions of this manuscript have benefited from the editorial attentions of Missy Daniel at Religion and Ethics Newsweekly; her red pen has spared the reader much ...
... learned philologist knew. The letters formed the following mysterious sounds: “fas chapta o jon / inde be ginnen wasde wad / and wad was wid god / ande wad was god.” Hodgson puzzled over the unintelligible text until, sounding it out ...
... learned were bowdlerized in catechetical instruc- tion that urged them to accept slavery as divinely ordained, and those texts were heard but rarely read by the slave: many colonists and virtually all slaves were illiterate. This status ...
... learned to read the Bible . " 43 Preachers are prominent among the earliest literate slaves . Several claimed to have acquired literacy by the grace of Providence alone . The highest aspiration of African slave John Jea was to read the ...
... learned the first man on earth ? ” “ Why , God . ” “ He is unchangeable , and if He learned the first man to read , He can learn you . " I laid down my dress , picked up my Bible , ran upstairs , opened it , and kneeled down with it ...
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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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