African Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Structures
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (891 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826412939 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 896 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Vincent L. . Wimbush is Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University. He is the author of Paul the Worldly Ascetic; editor of Ascetic Behavior in Greco-Roman Antiquity: A Sourcebook; Discursive Formations, Ascetic Piety, and The Interpretation of Early Christian Literature; and co-editor of Asce
Blount, Princeton Theological Seminary"This rich collection places African American biblical interpretation squarely in the center of biblical interpretation. The field of biblical studies should closely reexamine itself in light of African Americans and the Bible. Fabre, University of Paris"This rich collection places African American biblical interpretation squarely in the center of biblical interpretation. His multidisciplinary approach is"With the publication of African Americans and the Bible, new ground has been broken in the field of biblical hermeneutics and a treasure trove of answer
M. A. Oget said Unpacking an on-going dialogue. Although African American studies classes often avoid the subject, and Bible scholars pretend there is no such reality, African Americans have been engaging that which has come to be known as the Holy Bible ever since the first slave was brought to the shores of the so-called "New World." Wimbush sees no reason to continue the uncomfortable silence. Instead, calling together experts from
It brings together scholars and experts (sixty-eight in all) from a wide range of academic and artistic fields and disciplines-including ethnography, cultural history, and biblical studies and also music, film, dance, drama, and literature. Despite the enormous recent surge of interest in African American religion, scant attention has been paid to the diversity of ways in which African Americans have utilized the Bible. The book is less about the meaning(s) of the Bible than about the Bible and meaning(s), less about the world(s) of the Bible than about how worlds and the Bible interact-in short, about how a text constructs a people and a people construct a text. African Americans and the Bible is the fruit of a four-year collaborative research project directed by Vincent L. A unique study of how the Bible "constructs" African Americans and how African Americans "construct" the bibleFrom literature and the arts to popular culture and everyday life, the Bible courses through black society and culture. It is about a particular socio-cultural formation but also about the dynamics that occur in the interrelation between any group of people and sacred texts in general. African Americans and the Bible