Bible and African Americans: A Brief History

by Vincent L. Wimbush

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781451419443
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	01/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	203 KB

About the Author

Vincent L. Wimbush is a transdisciplinary scholar of scriptures, former president of the Society for Biblical Literature, and the founding director of The Institute for Signifying Scriptures. He is the author or editor of more than twelve books, including Black Flesh Matters: Essays on Runagate Interpretation (2022), White Men's Magic: Scripturalization as Slavery (2012), MisReading America: Scriptures and Difference (2013), and Theorizing Scriptures: New Critical Orientations to a Cultural Phenomenon (2008).