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The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible
Twentieth Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition
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eBook - ePub
The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible
Twentieth Anniversary Revised and Expanded Edition
About this book
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. On its original publication, this wide-ranging book was the first to explore the Bible's role in the triumph of the Black experience. Now, in this twentieth-anniversary edition, it has been extensively revised to incorporate recent research, give more attention to recent events including mass incarceration and police violence, and take into account modern musical forms such as hip hop. This edition also features a completely new preface and postscript. Throughout, Callahan explores how the Bible has been both "poison" and "good" in the African-American community, then brilliantly unpacks how four biblical images--Ethiopia, Exile, Exodus, and Emmanuel--have marked a rich culture that endures as one of the most important forces of twenty-first-century America.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
- PROLOGUE
- Chapter 1: “TALKING BOOK”
- Chapter 2: “POISON BOOK”
- Chapter 3: "GOOD BOOK"
- Chapter 4: ETHIOPIA
- Chapter 5: EXILE
- Chapter 6: EXODUS
- Chapter 7: EMMANUEL
- POSTSCRIPT
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