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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.
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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: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 112 |
Sales rank: | 975,731 |
File size: | 203 KB |
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