The Talking Book: African Americans and the BibleYale University Press, 2008. okt. 1. - 295 oldal 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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... James Version of 1611 , the Bible of colonial American Protestants contained the Apocrypha : in 1615 Archbishop George Abbott forbade the printing of Bibles without them . The British and Foreign Bible Society would continue to follow ...
... James L. Belin , a Methodist minister in Murrells Inlet , South Carolina , began his four decades of mis- sionary labors among the slaves as early as 1819. In 1832 , less than a year after the Nat Turner rebellion , the Episcopalian ...
... James Smith of Bowie County , Texas , recalled that his master would allow his slaves to hold church services on Wednesday nights , Sunday mornings , and Sunday nights , and “ would read the Negro parson a chapter in the Bible , select ...
... James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself (1772). As the young victim of Dutch slavers, Gronniosaw recalls ...
... B , C. He done that because he was the only one that had anything . ” 50 “ If there happened to be a church located on or near the master's plantation , ” recounted former slave James Smith, “[he] would allow the slaves 16 THE TALKING BOOK.
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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 Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2006 |
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible Allen Dwight Callahan Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2006 |