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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... letters that the master class had imposed on them . A Virginia planter's supercilious daughter recalled the Bible “ reading ” of a slave woman named Deborah . As Aunt Deborah talked , her eyes were fixed covetously upon an old pair of ...
... letters a sacred quest . The Bible was the chief goal of literacy for African Americans , for whom religion was both opportunity and mandate to acquire letters . The slave poet Jupiter Hammond exhorted his audience of fellow slaves to ...
... letters. Only by Herculean effort had he taught himself to read as an adult, and only to discover what an anguished Abraham Lincoln would admit publicly in his Second Inaugural Address: that the abolitionists of the North and the ...
... letter of Holy Writ was sometimes at war with its spirit. The Bible is a book of contradictions. In its myth of origins and subsequent rules of gender relations, the Bible not only countenances but also authorizes the domination of man ...
... letters 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 ...
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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 |