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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African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan. PROLOGUE AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE THE children of slavery in America . And the Bible , as no other book , is the book of slavery's children . The evidence is everywhere in African - ...
African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan. plantations, terrorized sharecroppers in flight from Jim Crow, or Civil Rights activists protesting discrimination and disenfranchisement, Afri- can Americans have spoken of escape ...
... African - American souls . The Free Church polity , quasi - democratic governance , and disestablishmentarian ethos of the Baptists promised African Americans more opportunities for direct participation than any other denomination.1o ...
African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan. independent black preachers who shepherded black congregations ... African Americans in several states. At the same time, some leaders of the American Revolu- tion championed ...
African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan. novelist Ralph Ellison once observed . " Our expression has ... African - American illiteracy is most lucid where African - American literature is most pro- found . In Toni Morrison's ...
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3 The Good Book | 41 |
4 Exile | 49 |
5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |
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