| Author: | Vincent L. Wimbush | ISBN: | 9781451419443 |
| Publisher: | Fortress Press | Publication: | January 2, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Vincent L. Wimbush |
| ISBN: | 9781451419443 |
| Publisher: | Fortress Press |
| Publication: | January 2, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press |
| Language: | English |
| 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. |
