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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... meeting house where they usually sit, with so many black countenances eagerly attentive to every word they hear ... meetings in the enthusiasm of revivalist religion. This ecstatic, emotional leveling of otherwise ruthlessly rigid castes ...
... meetings of slaves to receive the instruction of these [ Baptist ] teachers without the consent of their masters , which have produced very bad consequences . In the 1780s several Baptist leaders freed their slaves , and at the end of ...
... meetings with what one informant described as “an impassioned exposition of Scripture.” The enslaved brothers preached that the Israelites were “a type of successful resistance to tyranny; and it was argued, that now, as then, God would ...
... 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 122 cents toward that purpose . Though Vesey's room was full I did not know an individual there . At this meeting ...
... meetings of the slaves there in which " at regular intervals one hears the elder ' deaconing ' a hymnbook hymn , which is sung two lines at a time . ” The practice of lead singers “ lining ” or singing the first two verses of a hymn in ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |