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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... first ap- peared in others. I anticipated what I have written here about the Apostle Paul in an article that appeared in a collection of essays on slavery and bib- lical interpretation. The chapter on Exile elaborates on thinking ...
... first chapter of John / In the beginning was the word / And the word was with God / And the word was God , ” the opening words of the Gospel of John in the New Testament.1 African Americans first encountered the Bible as strangers in a ...
... first half of the nineteenth. Evangelical preachers traveled through the colonies — and later the states and territories of the new nation — inviting their hearers to the remission of their sins based on the atoning power of Christ's ...
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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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