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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... turns a mercenary, a murderer, and a Peeping Tom. His dynasty is a disaster, and the nation over which his troubled descendants rule is eventually overrun by a succession of foreign empires even as it collapses from the force of its ...
... turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you: Therefore see what he will do with you, and confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of might, and ...
... turn elicit a choral response was an oral pattern that approximated traditional forms of West African musical composition. African-American singers plied this ancestral musical form in setting biblical phrases and stories to ...
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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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