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Bible and African Americans: A Brief History

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by Vincent L. WimbushVincent L. Wimbush

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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
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	01/02/2003
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	1,074,422
File size:	203 KB

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