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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... hear it speak one word.” “The book,” Jea laments, “would not talk to me.”40 The trope also appears in the autobiographical ac- count of Nigerian seaman, ex-slave, and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life ...
... hear the seller crying out, “How much is offered for this woman? She is a good cook, good washer, a good, obedient servant. She has got religion!” Why should this man tell the purchasers that she has got religion? I answer, because in ...
... hear. It spoke with a voice that sometimes echoed their oppressors. The words of life could deal death, and its text could become noxious. The Talking Book was also a poison book. Toxic texts in the Old Testament seemed to condemn ...
... hear the preacher what I send you , ' master says . Once a month his preacher would come and talk to the colored folk . He'd tell them how they must obey their master and mistress and not steal any chickens . He wouldn't say much more ...
... hear their masters professing Christianity,” Payne wrote, “they see their masters preaching the gospel; they hear these masters praying in their families, and they know that oppression and slavery are inconsistent with the Christian re ...
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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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