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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... stories from the life of Jesus. Yet biblical phrases and motifs have been manifest in African- American life far beyond the boundaries that moderns have marked o¤ with the word religion. In traditional parlance still used in some ...
... stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob qualify the ancient rule of men over women — stories that, to compound the irony, scholars call “Patriarchal narratives.” In the story of the Exodus runaway slaves stage a spectacular escape, the ...
... story figures prominently at a meeting of the co-conspirators at Vesey's home. That night at Vesey's we determined to have arms made, and each man put in 12- cents toward that purpose. Though Vesey's room was full I did not know an ...
... stories to spontaneously improvised songs raised in worship. It was through the human voice, then, and not the printed page, that the Bible came to inhabit the slave's inner world. The slaves' Bible became musical, even as the slaves ...
... story he had heard about an illiterate slave preacher. We all went to church every Sunday. We would go to the white folks' church in the morning and to our church in the evening. Bill McWilliams, Old Master's oldest boy, didn't take ...
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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 |