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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... divine deliverance of slaves and the divine destruction of their masters. The Bible's regulations for the conduct of holy war give God's imprimatur to armed violence, genocide, and even the slaughter of noncombatants. Yet the most ...
... 1937 Holly's son , Alonzo Potter Burgess Holly , would argue in his book God and the Negro that the Negro was descended from Canaan . But Exodus " 15 20:5 places a statute of limitations on divine punishment as THE POISON BOOK 29.
... divine punishment as only “unto the third and fourth generation.” This meant that Noah's curse could not have been in effect for more than one hundred years and so had long been null and void millennia before American proslavery ...
... divine Cotton Mather published a catechetical pamphlet entitled The Negro Christianized: An Essay to Excite and Assist the Good Work, the Instruction of Negro- Servants in Christianity (1706). Among the select biblical verses that ...
... Divine government has estab- lished , " wrote Furman , “ nor do our desires become a standard to us , under this rule , unless they have due regard to justice , propriety and the general good . " 35 Writing for the Southern Presbyterian ...
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5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
Subject Index | 275 |
Scripture Index | 284 |