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Tribal
Talk Black Theology, Hermeneutics, and African/American
Ways of 'Telling the Story' Willie E. Coleman
January 1999 | 6 x 9 inches
Hardback: $62.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-01944-4
Paperback: $25.00 SH
ISBN: 978-0-271-01945-1
The
experiences of enslaved African Americans have been recorded in writings
identified as slave narratives, also called liberation narratives.
Although much has been written about slave culture and slave religion
from sociological and historical perspectives, Tribal Talk is the first book to study slave narratives as a source for a contemporary,
constructive black theology, while also paying close attention to
their literary and rhetorical value.
Will Coleman explores from a theological, historical, and literary
perspective the oral traditions of African American culture, and
how those oral traditions have made an impact on the composition
of slave narratives. Specifically, Coleman examines the process
by which religious beliefs were passed down from generation to generation.
He explores the various interpretive strategies that aid in understanding
both the theological and the literary nature of African American
slave narratives. Ultimately, he links black theology with the language
and the religious experiences of enslaved black people.
Will
Coleman is Associate Professor of Theology and Hermeneutics
at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia.
