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UNINA9910452070503321 |
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Autore |
Callahan Allen Dwight |
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Titolo |
The talking book [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the Bible / / Allen Dwight Callahan |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2006 |
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1-281-73530-2 |
9786611735302 |
0-300-13787-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Afrocentrism - Religious aspects - Christianity - History |
African Americans - Religion |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. The Talking Book -- 2. The Poison Book -- 3. The Good Book -- 4. Exile -- 5. Exodus -- 6. Ethiopia -- 7. Emmanuel -- Postscript -- Notes -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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rich culture that endures as one of the most important forces of twenty-first-century America. |
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UNISA996202069803316 |
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Titolo |
INDIN '04 : 2004 2nd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics : 24th-26th June 2004, Berlin, Germany / / edited by Ronald Schoop [and three others] ; sponsored by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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Piscataway, New Jersey : , : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, , 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 626 pages) |
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Production management |
Computer integrated manufacturing systems |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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