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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... figure of the literate “aunt” in former slave Su- san Castle's reminiscence: “Some of the slaves on Master Thomas' place knowed how to read. Aunt Vic was one of the readers what read the Bible.”53 Former slave Charlotte Brooks ...
... figure . " It was Denver's father who , through his command of letters , had man- aged to win freedom for himself and his mother , Grandma . Grandma is a powerful lay preacher with extraordinary spiritual insight but neverthe- less ...
... breast, but no fruit. She is a solitary figure, without Adam, without the serpent, without the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. As Adam says of her in a pun on her name in Hebrew, mother of all life. Hava, ̇ and the poison book 27.
... figure more prominently than any other Christian scripture in the arguments of antebellum proslavery advocates. The verse “Slaves be obedient to yours masters,” occurring in several places in the New Testament, is a text that appears in ...
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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 Pré-visualização indisponível - 2006 |