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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... Land. In the 1930s, littérateurs of the Harlem Renaissance brought black biblical folklore to American belles lettres. Biblical interpretation is a veritable subgenre in the Hip-Hop music of African- American urban youth, and the figure ...
... land ; five of you shall conquer an hundred , and a hundred a thousand of our enemies . " The allusion is to a passage in the book of Leviticus : " If ye walk in my statutes , and keep my commandments , and do them ... I will give peace ...
... land of my captivity do I praise him , and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation . ( 13 : 6 ) Give praise to the Lord , for he is good : and praise the everlast- ing King , that his Tabernacle may be builded in thee again ...
... land of captivity would have rejoiced to hear that the delayed justice due a wicked land would not be denied . After Vesey's plot was exposed , he and 130 of his co - conspirators were arrested and tried . Thirty - seven , including ...
... land of the free. As slaves, they were at the same time persons and property. As people of African descent, they were heirs to a noble ancient history and an ignoble modern legacy. On the margins of American society, they remained at ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |