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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... Paul's advice in 1 Timothy 2 : 2 “ to lead quiet and peaceable lives in all Godliness and honesty . ” 18 Proslavery apologists often referred to Paul's Epistle to Philemon , traditionally understood as a letter attending the return of a ...
... Paul's several commands to slaves to obey their masters. The locus classicus was Ephesians 6:5, “Ser- vants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto ...
... Paul . The elderly woman al- lowed the young Thurman to read to her only , and on rare occasion , Paul's paean to love in 1 Corinthians 13. She later explained to Thurman , During the days of slavery , the master's minister would occa ...
... Paul necessarily implies. They argued, in the words of Uncle Simon, the black preacher in William Wells Brown's ante- bellum novel Clotel, “thars more in de Bible den dat.”28 In a petition of 1774 to the Massachusetts House of ...
... Paul's commandments gave these desiderata the sanction of holy scripture . Nineteenth - century revivalism “ helped recast the Southern world view by increasingly grounding it in the Bible . ” 3 In the second quarter of the nineteenth ...
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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 |