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.
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.
Bible and African Americans: A Brief History
112Bible and African Americans: A Brief History
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ISBN-13: | 9781451419443 |
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Publisher: | Augsburg Fortress, Publishers |
Publication date: | 01/02/2003 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 112 |
File size: | 203 KB |