Pillars of Cloud and Fire: The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation

by Herbert Robinson Marbury

Book Overview

At the birth of the United States, African Americans were excluded from the newly-formed Republic and its churches, which saw them as savage rather than citizen and as heathen rather than Christian. Denied civil access to the basic rights granted to others, African Americans have developed their own sacred traditions and their own civil discourses. As part of this effort, African American intellectuals offered interpretations of the Bible which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479812501
• ISBN13: 9781479812509
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"