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Wake up! : hip-hop Christianity and the Black church / Cheryl Kirk-Duggan and Marlon Hall.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville : Abingdon Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: xvi, 192 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781426703010 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1426703015 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.4089/96073 22
LOC classification:
  • BR563.N4 K585 2011
Contents:
Preface: it's bigger than hip hop -- I'm bound to wreck your body and say turn the party out: physical bodies and embodiment -- Hip hop is dead: musical characteristics -- I used to lover her: God, hip hop, and spirituality -- G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition): black church and black culture -- Put down the pimp stick to pick up the pulpit: the impact of hip hop on the black church -- Jesus walks: youth, the church, and the need for transformation.
Summary: "Once seen as only advocating violence, Hip Hop can be the church's agent of salvation and praise to transform society. After looking at Hip Hop's sociohistorical context, including its African roots, Wake Up! shows how Hip Hop now embodies the worldview of growing numbers of youth and young adults in all churches. The book also examines the inherent religious themes embedded in Hip Hop music"--Cover p. [4].
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BR563.N4 K585 2011 Available 35898001670682

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface: it's bigger than hip hop -- I'm bound to wreck your body and say turn the party out: physical bodies and embodiment -- Hip hop is dead: musical characteristics -- I used to lover her: God, hip hop, and spirituality -- G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition): black church and black culture -- Put down the pimp stick to pick up the pulpit: the impact of hip hop on the black church -- Jesus walks: youth, the church, and the need for transformation.

"Once seen as only advocating violence, Hip Hop can be the church's agent of salvation and praise to transform society. After looking at Hip Hop's sociohistorical context, including its African roots, Wake Up! shows how Hip Hop now embodies the worldview of growing numbers of youth and young adults in all churches. The book also examines the inherent religious themes embedded in Hip Hop music"--Cover p. [4].

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