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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... sermon not based on a biblical text is unthinkable . The Bible's impact on the African - American imagination also ... sermons is spoken of as " taking a text . ” American slaves and their descendants have taken the texts of the Bible in ...
... sermons of these preachers were always evocative expositions of the Bible, for Evangelicals insisted that the com- plete script of salvation had been inscribed in the pages of holy scripture. The two essential tenets of Evangelicalism ...
... sermons from white preachers and readers , and in repeating what they heard they often improvised on it . J. Motte Alston remarked on his slaves ' capacity for remembering scripture recited by Glennie : “ It was quite wonderful what ...
... sermon , of which , she was convinced , her audience " understood very little , " the congregation engaged in a rousing chorus of " Joy to the World " followed by extemporaneous prayers . Botume reported that in the prayers each of the ...
... sermon you ever heard . Bill told him all right to go and preach , and he gave Bird a horse and set him free to go anywhere he wanted to and preach.42 Nevertheless , the vocation of the slave preacher often gave rise to an urgent desire ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |