Fire in my bones [[electronic resource] ] : transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American gospel / / Glenn Hinson in collaboration with saints from a host of churches ; photographs by Roland L. Freeman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781884703321
• Autore: Hinson Glenn
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-283-21191-2; 9786613211910; 0-8122-0301-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 p.)
• Collana: Contemporary ethnography
• Altri autori (Persone): FreemanRoland L. <1936-2023.>
• Disciplina: 306.6/64/008996073
• Soggetti: African American public worship; Experience (Religion); African Americans - Religion; Ethnography
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Chapter 1. Seeking Understanding -- Chapter 2. Belief, Knowledge, and Experience -- Chapter 3. Experiencing the Holy -- Chapter 4. A Conversation -- Chapter 5. Beginnings -- Chapter 6. Scripture -- Chapter 7. Prayer -- Chapter 8. A Conversation -- Chapter 9. Song -- Chapter 10. Praise -- Chapter 11. Welcome -- Chapter 12. Response -- Chapter 13. The Emcee -- Chapter 14. Format -- Chapter 15. Purpose -- Chapter 16. False Purpose -- Chapter 17. Elevation -- Chapter 18. Invitation -- Chapter 19. Benediction -- Appendix: Stepping Around Experience and the Supernatural -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Glenn Hinson focuses on a single gospel program and offers a major contribution to our understanding not just of gospel but of the nature of religious experience. A key feature of African American performance is the layering of performative voices and the constant shifting of performative focus. To capture this layering, Hinson demonstrates how all the parts of the gospel program work together to shape a single ; whole, joining speech and song, performer and audience, testimony, prayer, preaching, and singing into a seamless and multifaceted service of worship. Personal stories ground the discussion at every turn, while experiential testimony fuels the unfolding arguments. Fire in My Bones is an original exploration of experience and belief in a community of African American Christians, but it is also an exploration of African American aesthetics, the study of belief, and the ethnographic enterprise.