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Can I Get A Witness?: Reading Revelation Through African American Culture
Can I Get A Witness Reading Revelation Through African American Culture Author:Brian K. Blount In this accessible and provocative study, Brian Blount reads the book of revelation through the lens of African American culture, drawing correspondences between Revelations context and the longstanding suffering of the African American church. Applying the African American social, political, and religious experience as an interpretive ci... more »pher for the books complicated imagery, he contends that Revelation is essentially a story of suffering and struggle amidst oppressive assimilation. He examines the image of the lamb as a model for Christian behavior and discusses Revelations hymns, showing how they can be glimpsed as coded calls to champion Gods cause and the cause of transformative liberation.« less