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 were radically different and often fundamentally oppositional to those of many of their white counterparts. By imagining a freedom unconstrained; their work charted a broader and; perhaps; a more genuinely American identity. In Pillars of Cloud and Fire; Herbert Robinson Marbury offers a comprehensive survey of African American biblical interpretation.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy StevenHarperOne of the finest books I've ever had the pleasure to read. Cannot recommend highly enough.121 of 136 people found the following review helpful. She loved Berlin when it was beautifully intact before the war ...By Dakota5280I grew up with stories of WWII from my mother who was born in Berlin/Charlottenburg in 1927. She started school in 1933 when Hitler came to power. She was sent with her classmates to the Carpathian Mountains in 1942 to escape the Allied bombings; then sent to East Prussia with her classmates to help with the farming; and then was successfully evacuated to Stettin in northern Germany in January 1945 on the overcrowded ship Pretorius; with Russian submarines chasing them across the Baltic. Also in that month; her grandmother; whose family had farmed the land near Pilkallen/Schlossberg/Dobrovolsk for centuries; abruptly abandoned the farm to escape the rampaging; hate-infused Russian army; and she died of exposure to the brutal cold along the road to Konigsberg. My mother made her way to a farm west of Berlin to escape the last battle; and then spent the period from May 1945 through November 1947 with her surviving family at the Ronnestrasse apartment building in Berlin where they grew up. It was the only building in the area that had not been destroyed. They cleaned endless piles of brick in exchange for a meal ticket. Later; she and one of her sisters went to work as translators for the British military government; a job that gave them a bit more food and relief from the cold during the day. In 1947; she began a new life in America. My mother became a citizen of the US in 1953; but she remained in her heart a proud Berliner to her last day. She loved Berlin when it was beautifully intact before the war and she loved it when it had been reduced to rubble during the war. She loved it as it toiled its way back and beautifully rebuilt itself. She knew intuitively; through all those years; that her people were good people; and that Americans were not being told the whole truth about the war. Mr. Bradberry; your book explains a great deal about why my mother was justified in her love for her German homeland. I only wish she could have lived long enough to read it. I now have read it for her. Thank you!32 of 36 people found the following review helpful. Is our planet doomed because of the powers that control us completely lack ethics and morals?By Karim MansouriThis book explains why America; Israel; the European Union; are declining; economically; culturally; and morally. The book also helps us understand why we are constantly in a state of war and why so many people are murdered in these vicious wars all around the globe; why we are constantly taxed; why our youth; and many adults are absurdly ignorant; like sheep following the leader; into oblivion. War; war; war; this books explains it all.
