The Talking Book: African Americans and the BibleYale University Press, 01/10/2008 - 295 من الصفحات 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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... Egypt: the liberation of slaves had been God's will. These were ideas at least as revolutionary as any Jeffersonian proposition. In the scriptures they found a God that “sits high and looks low,” as a traditional African- American ...
... Egypt from bondage . He said that the rising would take place , last Sunday night week , ( the 16th of June ) and that Peter Poyas was one.19 After the plot had been uncovered and the conspirators arrested , a note inscribed with the ...
... ( Egypt ) . He debunks the curse of Ham by pointing out that Canaan alone was cursed , and not the entire Hamitic line from which all Africans are descended . Writing in the third quarter of the nineteenth century , however , Episcopal ...
... Egypt land did flee, His enemies behind him, and in front of him the sea, God raised the water like a wall, and opened up the way, And the God that lived in Moses' time is just the same today.16 Black Union soldiers saw themselves as ...
... Egypt . Even after Emancipation , African Americans continued to read the Exo- dus as promise of their future deliverance . In interpretations religious and secular , African Americans have understood Psalm 68:31 , " Ethiopia shall soon ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |