Document Type
Book Chapter
Department
Religion (CGU)
Publication Date
1991
Disciplines
African American Studies | Biblical Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Religion
Abstract
Since every reading of important texts, especially mythic or religious texts, reflects a "reading" or assessment of one's world, and since the Bible has from the founding of the nation served as an icon, a history of African Americans' historical readings of the Bible is likely to reflect their historical self-understandings—as Africans in America.
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Recommended Citation
Wimbush, Vincent L. "African Americans and the Bible: Outline of an Interpretive History." Stony the Road We Trod: African American Biblical Hermeneutics, Ed. Cain Felder. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1991. 81-97.
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