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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... Jesus. In that summary review I said little about Hip-Hop and “Gansta” Rap, cultural forces of which I was then only dimly aware. I have ranged freely through several academic disciplines in this book. The result may be, in the words of ...
... Jesus . Yet biblical phrases and motifs have been manifest in African- American life far beyond the boundaries that moderns have marked off with the word religion . In traditional parlance still used in some African- American churches ...
... Jesus inhabits what poet Sonia Sanchez has called “a theological space” in which young black people identify with his biblical words and deeds. The Bible has been available to African Americans as no other litera- ture. “Biblical ...
... Jesus's execu- tion . Though he " could not read a word , " Macon Dead copies the name Pilate from the Bible and hands it to the midwife . When the horrified midwife tries to consign to the flames the slip of paper on which the baby's ...
... (Jesus), again it charges Noah and Lot with drunken- ness, and Lot with getting children by his daughter. What a Poison Book. —Elijah Muhammad, Message to the Blackman in America IN NEW YORk CITY IN 1849, Frederick Douglass and the ...
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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 |