Bible and African Americans ：A Brief History

Publication subTitle ：A Brief History

Author： Wimbush Vincent L.

Publisher： Fortress Press‎

Publication year： 2003

E-ISBN: 9781451419443

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780800635749

Subject： B9 Religion

Keyword：宗教

Language： ENG

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Bible and African Americans

Description

The unique encounter of African Americans with the Bible has shaped centuries of spirituality and social engagement of a whole continent. Highly respected biblical scholar Vincent Wimbush here outlines the five phases of African American reading and shows how the Bible offered a language-world through which Africans Americans have negotiated the strange land into which they were thrust.

Chapter

The Bible and African Americans

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction:The Bible as Language-World

Reading 1 African Sensibilities as the Center of the Circle: First Contact

Reading 2 Creating the "New World" Circle: Folk Culture

Reading 3 Establishing the Circle: National(ist) Identities and Formations

Reading 4 Reshaping the Circle: Re-mixes and Re-formations

Reading 5 Stepping Outside the Circle: Fundamentalism

Reading 6 Making the Circle True: Women's Experiences

Ongoing Engagement

Notes

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