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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... faith , the pulverization of my fortress . " In this essay , at once an autobiography of his early life and obituary of his early vocation as a Holiness Pentecostal preacher , Baldwin shows himself to be American literature's most ...
... faith that even the otherwise faithless could hold with zeal. And so African Americans came to accept the Book of the religion while rejecting the religion of the Book. Precisely because divine judgment eschewed the false and ...
... Faith of Our Fathers,” the religion of the slave “became darker and more intense, and into his ethics crept a note of revenge, into his songs a day of reckoning close at hand. The 'Coming of the Lord' swept this side of death, and came ...
... faith and trust in him , and that he would help us in our needy time . ” 12 The knights planned to converge from several points in Atlanta , and Dickson claims that by the summer of 1857 the conspiracy had more than 150,000 men secretly ...
... faith in a common Savior as an intercessor for our sins ; but one God , who is and must be acknowledged common Father . No religion but that which brings us liberty will serve . The whites accept of nothing but that which promotes their ...
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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 |
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan Pré-visualização indisponível - 2006 |