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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... first to rise up and speak , and he read to us from the Bible , how the Children of Israel were delivered out of Egypt from bondage . He said that the rising would take place , last Sunday night week , ( the 16th of June ) and that ...
... first third of the nineteenth century the incendiary potential of uncensored religious instruction in the slave quarters , and slave owners became even more determined to prevent the spread of literacy among slaves . Sanctions against ...
... first posing the question , the congregation then providing the “ scripted ” answer . Glennie may have developed this form of preaching to evoke a worship experience more stirring than that of conventional Anglican liturgy , but the ...
... first two verses of a hymn in advance of the rest of the congregation suited illiter- ate worshippers . The practice of starting a song with several leading lines that in turn elicit a choral response was an oral pattern that ...
... first occurrence of the Talking Book is the memoir of freed Af- rican slave James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |