Perspectives for a Study of African American Religion: From the Valley of Dry Bones

In "Perspectives For a Study of African American Religion," Charles Long wrote of "three interrelated perspectives for the study of black religion": "Africa as historical reality and religious image," "the involuntary presence of the black community in America,&quo...

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Main Author: Callahan, Allen Dwight (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2003
In: Nova religio
Year: 2003, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 44-59
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Summary:In "Perspectives For a Study of African American Religion," Charles Long wrote of "three interrelated perspectives for the study of black religion": "Africa as historical reality and religious image," "the involuntary presence of the black community in America," and "the experience and symbol of God." I essay to show how Long's categories illumine a celebrated instance of African American biblical appropriation, the prophet's vision of dry bones in Ezekiel 37:1-14, as emblematic of the perspectives of symbolic African absence, involuntary American presence, and collective theological experience of the slaves and their descendents.
ISSN:1541-8480
Contains:Enthalten in: Nova religio
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1525/nr.2003.7.1.44