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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809534803321

Titolo

The Black church and hip hop culture [[electronic resource] ] : toward bridging the generational divide / / edited by Emmett G. Price III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-66897-0

9786613645906

0-8108-8237-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

African American cultural theory and heritage

Altri autori (Persone)

PriceEmmett George

Disciplina

277.3/08308996073

Soggetti

African American churches

African Americans - Religion

Hip-hop

Hip-hop - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: From Civil Rights to Hip Hop; 1 From Civil Rights to Hip Hop: A Meditation; 2 Dissed-Enfranchised: The Black Church under the Steeple; 3 Chasing a Dream Deferred: From Movement to Culture; Part II: Hip Hop Culture and the Black Church in Dialogue; 4 Deep Calls to Deep: Beginning Explorations of the Dialogue between the Black Church and Hip Hop; 5 Rap Music as Prophetic Utterance; 6 Binding the Straw Man: Hip Hop, African American Protestant Religion, and the Dilemma of Dialogue; 7 Sermon: "Kick Your Delilah to the Curb"

8 Thou Shall Have No Other Gods before Me: Myths, Idols, and Generational Healing9 Hip Hop Children of a Lesser God; 10 Sermon: "Bling Bling"; 11 Formality Meets Hip Hop: The Influence of Hip Hop Culture on the Afro-European Church; Part III: Gospel Rap, Holy Hip Hop, and the Hip Hop Matrix; 12 Beats, Rhymes and Bibles: An Introduction to Gospel Hip Hop; 13 Isn't Loving God Enough? Debating Holy Hip Hop; 14 Five Theses on the Globalization of Thug Life and 21st Century Missions; 15 Hip Hop, Theology, and the Future of the Black Church; 16 Confessions of a Hip Hop Generation Minister



17 Spiritually Educating and Empowering a Generation: Growing Up in a Hip Hop Matrix18 An Invisible Institution: A Functional Approach to Religion in Sports in Wounded African American Communities; 19 "To Serve the Present Age": A Benediction; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Editor and Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span><span>In this collection of provocative essays, leading thinkers, preachers, and scholars from around the country challenge both the Black church and the hip-hop generation to realize their shared responsibilities to one another and to the greater society.</span></span></span>