The Talking Book: African Americans and the BibleYale University Press, 2008 M10 1 - 295 pages 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 tribunal at the end of the age. Later in a theological tour de force, Paul writes to these congregations that his hardships, rejection, and failure only confirm his exalted vocation as an apostle. And in the last book of the ...
... divine Cotton Mather reconciled himself to the wretchedness of the slave's life , provided that through baptism and religious instruc- tion masters helped to secure for them a compensatory , beatific afterlife . " The State of your ...
... divine salvation needed by all and available to all, boldly pitching their Gospel in the public square. The sermons of these preachers were always evocative expositions of the Bible, for Evangelicals insisted that the com- plete script ...
... divine assurance that “ the time will come when you can write . " Shortly thereafter , while she worked as a dressmaker , “ This word was spoken in my mind " : " Who learned the first man on earth ? ” “ Why , God . ” “ He is ...
... divine. Preaching, he noted, “was an easy way to make a living.” Washington illustrates the point with the tale “of a coloured man in Alabama, who, one hot day in July, while he was at work in a cotton-field, suddenly stopped, and ...
Contents
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3 The Good Book | 41 |
4 Exile | 49 |
5 Exodus | 83 |
6 Ethiopia | 138 |
7 Emmanuel | 185 |
Postscript | 240 |
Notes | 247 |
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